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1. Open the Text Script Wizard: double-click to open an existing script in the Scripts pane or
create a new Text Script using the Text Script Wizard; see "Using the Text Script Wizard"
on page513.
2. Click a data field that contains text, or add such a data field to the script with the Add field
button on the right.
3.
Under Format you can choose one of the following options:
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Short Date displays the day, month and year in two digits each, for example
01.04.16.
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Medium Date displays the day and month in two digits each and the year in four
digits, for example 01.04.2016. (This is also the value of the Default Date.)
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Long Date displays the day as a number, the month's full name and the year in four
digits, for example 1. April 2016.
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Short Time displays a time in hours and minutes in two digits each, for example
00:00.
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Medium Time displays a time in hours, minutes and seconds in two digits each, for
example 00:00:00. (This is also the value of the Default Time.)
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Long Time displays a time in hours, minutes and seconds in two digits each, and
adds a time zone, for example 00:00:00 EDT.
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Short Date/Time displays the date as a short date and the time as a short time, for
example 01.04.16 00:00.
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Medium Date/Time displays the date as a medium date and the time as a medium
time, for example 01.04.2016 00:00:00 (This is also the value of the Default
Date/Time.)
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Long Date/Time displays the date as a medium date and the time as a medium
time, for example 1. April 2016 00:00:00 EDT.
Alternatively, you can enter a custom format mask: click in the Format column for the
corresponding field and start typing a pattern to format the date (and optionally, the time).
Do not put the pattern in quotes. For possible patterns see "Date and time patterns" on
page764.
Note that this will only work if the type of the field has been set to Date in the Data
Mapping Configuration and if the field contains a valid date.
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