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Date

TheDateelementinsertsthecurrentsystemdate,optionallymakingitdynamicsothatitupdates

wheneverthetemplateisviewedorproducesoutput.

Addingadate

ToaddaDateelement,usetheInsert > Dateoptioninthemenus.Adialogappearswiththefollowing

controls:

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Language:Usethedrop-downtoselectwhichlanguagethedateshouldbedisplayedin.

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Update Automatically:Checktoupdatethedateautomaticallywhenthetemplateisviewedor

producesoutput.Whenthisoptionischecked,aplaceholderisinsertedinthetemplateanda

scriptiscreatedtoupdateitautomatically,otherwiseastatictextwiththedateisinserted.

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Available Formats:Selectthedate/timeformatinwhichtodisplaythedate.

ClickOKtoinsertthedateorCanceltoclosethedialog.

Tip: Ifyouarelookingtoaddadatethatoriginatesfromarecordset,toatemplate,see:"Vari-

abledatainthetext"onpage708.Toinsertadateyoucoulduseeitherthedraganddrop

methodortheWizard;thelatterletsyousetthedate/timeformat.

Changingthedate

Onceinserted,adatecanbemodifieddirectlyinthetemplate(ifitdoesnotupdateautomatically)or

throughthedatescript(ifitdoesupdateautomatically).Tomodifythedateinthescript:

1. Double-clickthedatescriptintheScriptspane.

2. BetweentheroundbracketsafterDate,enterthedesireddateinthefollowingorder:year,month,

day,andoptionallyhours,minutes,seconds,milliseconds(seehttps://www.w3schools.-

com/js/js_dates.aspandhttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/-

docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date.)Whenthetimeisomitted,itdefaultsto

12:00:00AM.

Formattinganautomaticallyupdatingdate

Thescriptaddedtoautomaticallyupdatethedateusestheshortdateformat.Tochangethis:

1. Double-clickthedatescriptintheScriptspane.

2. Deletethefirstlineofthescript.

3. Onthesecondline,deletewhatcomesafterformatandchangeformattoformatter(see

"formatter"onpage1175).

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