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Chapter 3 | Creating databases 96
4. Select the date format you want to use from the Format list, then select additional formats for
the date field.
Note To format dates using the current system format for dates, for Format, choose Short
system date or Long system date.
5. Press Enter or Tab, or click outside the Inspector to apply the changes.
For more information about specifying formats for date fields, see Help.
Specifying formats for time fields
You can control how FileMaker Pro displays time values in fields.
1. In Layout mode, select one or more time fields, or calculation fields with a time result.
2. Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Data.
3. In the Data Formatting area, click Time .
4. Select the time format you want to use from the Format list, then select additional formats for
the time field.
If you want to format the seconds component to display fractional seconds, continue with the
next step. If you don’t want to format the seconds component, skip to step
6.
Choose options for
day, month, date,
year, and separator
characters
Choose options
for displaying
Japanese dates