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You’re finished unless the time format you chose displays seconds. If you want to format the
seconds component to display fractional seconds, continue with the next step.
4. Click Data, then click Number in the Data Formatting area.
5. Select the formatting options you want.
Only two options affect the display of the seconds component: Fixed number of decimals and
Decimal separator. The remaining options have no effect. See
Specifying formats for fields
containing numbers.
6. Press Enter or Tab, or click outside the Inspector to apply the changes.
Notes
• To format a time symbol (which displays the current time), select the symbol {{CurrentTime}}
in Layout mode, and then use the Data Formatting area of the Inspector to format it as you
would a time field as described above. For more information about the time symbol, see
Inserting the date, page number, or other variable onto a layout.
• For more information about defining time fields, see About time fields.
Specifying formats for timestamp fields
Timestamp fields store both a date and a time, such as when a record was created or last modified.
You format a timestamp field by separately formatting its three components:
In a predefined format For Format, select a format from the list. Then specify one or
more of the following format options:
• a different value for Separator (such as a period or a
space) or Kanji format if you’re using a font that contains
Japanese characters.
• 12-hour or 24-hour notation.
• Custom prefix or suffix text such as the designations for
before noon and after noon.
With leading zeros (as in
05:09:02) or leading spaces (as in
5: 9: 2)
For Leading character, choose options for For hours, For
minutes/seconds, or both. (This option is not available if
you've selected As entered.)
Using a different Japanese time
display (if you’re using a font that
contains Japanese characters)
In the Japanese area, choose a Numeral type.
With different text formatting Use the Appearance tab of the Inspector to choose text
attributes. See
Specifying text formats for fields.
Using the current system formats
for times
For Format, select Short System Time (for example, 8:23 AM)
or Long System Time (for example, 8:23:54 AM).
FileMaker Pro formats times based on the current system
formats when the file is opened.
To display times Do this
Timestamp field component Format using
Date Date area of the Inspector