U.M. (Windows)

Appendix B: Working with international files
When you create or clone a database file, FileMaker Pro uses the current
settings in the Regional Settings control panel as the default date, time,
and number formats and stores them internally with the file. These
system formats control how FileMaker Pro enters and indexes data in
these field types.
The internal default formats saved with a file may be different from the
system formats currently set on your computer when:
1 you receive or share a file with different internal default formats
1 you changed the system formats on your computer after creating or
cloning the file
For example, a file created on a U.S. system has different formats from
a file created on a German system, as shown in the following example.
Using the current system formats
When you open or work with a file with formats different from the
current system formats, you can continue to use the formats saved with
the file, or you can use the current system formats. (When you use the
current system formats, you don’t change the formats saved with the
file—you simply enter and view data in a format that’s familiar to you.)
1 When you open a file with different internal default formats,
FileMaker Pro displays a message alerting you to the situation. To
use the current system formats, click Yes. To use the formats saved
with the file, click No.
For this
field type
A U.S. system format
may look like this
A German system format
may look like this
Number 1.23
(Decimal separator is a period (.))
1,23
(Decimal separator is a comma (,))
Date 12/31/98 31.12.1998
Time 2:15:58 PM 14:15:58