Date/Time Display

The Date/Time Display item is used to display the current Date and Time to the operator. This can be configured to display using a custom format.

To add a Date/Time Display to your Display Layout, drag and drop it from the Toolbox into the work area. Configure the Date / Time Format in the Properties grid. You can either select a preset format, or enter a custom one using the format specifiers below.

Table 1. Shortcut Format Specifiers

Specifier	Description	Example Format	Example Output
d	When d is used alone it outputs a short date.	d	6/5/2009
D	When D is used alone it outputs a long date.	D	Monday, June 5, 2009
f	When f is used alone a full short date/time is shown.	f	Monday, June 5, 2009 1:05
F	When F is used alone a full long date/time is shown.	F	Monday, June 5, 2009, 1:05:08
g	When g is used alone a general short date/time is shown.	g	6/5/2009 1:05
G	When G is used alone a general long date/time is shown.	G	6/5/2009 1:05:08
M, m	When either M or m is used alone a month/day is shown.	M	June 5
O, o	When either O or o is used alone a round-trip date/time is shown.	O	2009-06-05T13:05:08.0000000-07:00
R, r	When R or r is used alone an RFC1123 is shown. This does not convert the current time.	R	Mon, 5 Jun 2009 13:05:08 GMT
s	When s is used alone a sortable date/time is shown.	s	2009-06-05T13:05:08
t	When t is used alone a short time is shown.	t	1:05
T	When T is used alone a long time is shown.	T	1:05:08
u	When u is used alone a universal sortable date/time is shown. This does not convert the current time.	u	2009-06-05 13:05:08Z
U	When U is used alone a full universal date/time is shown.	U	Monday, June 5, 2009 1:05:08
Y, y	When Y or y is used alone a year/month is shown.	Y	June, 2009
Any other single character	When a single character that is not listed above is used, the format will default to the last valid format entered.	z	Your last format

Table 2. Format Specifiers

Specifier	Description	Example Format	Example Output
h	An hour in a 12-hour format with no leading zeros.	h:m	1:05
hh	An hour in a 12-hour format with a leading zero.	hh:mm	01:05
H	An hour in a 24-hour format with no leading zeros.	H	13
HH	An hour in a 24-hour format with a leading zero.	HH	13
m	A minute with no leading zeros.	h:m	1:5
mm	A minute with a leading zero.	hh:mm	01:05
s	A second with no leading zero.	hh:mm:s	01:05:8
ss	A second with a leading zero.	hh:mm:ss	01:05:08
tt	Represents AM/PM.	hh:mm:ss tt	01:05:08 PM
y	The year with no leading zeros in a short format.	y	9
yy	The year with a leading zero in a short format.	yy	09
yyyy	The year in a long format.	yyyy	2009
M	The month with no leading zero.	M-yyyy	6-2009
MM	The month with a leading zero.	MM-yyyy	06-2009
MMM	The shorthand string for the month.	MMM yyyy	Jun 2009
MMMM	The full-length string for the month.	MMMM yyyy	June 2009
d	The day with no leading zero.	yyyy-MM-d	2009-06-5
dd	The day with a leading zero.	yyyy-MM-dd	2009-06-05
ddd	The shorthand string for the day of the week.	ddd, MMMM d yyyy	Mon, June 5 2009
dddd	The full-length string for the day of the week.	dddd, MMMM d yyyy	Monday, June 5 2009