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Printing Date Format

By default Impact's document merge merge engine uses standard formatting for date and time fields in ACT! These field will be formatted as such "06/24/2014". You can change the formatting rules globally by modifying a configuration file.

To see more formatting options please read Printing Format 

1) Close ACT!
2) Go to START - Durkin Impact v4 -> Durkin.Common.DocEngine
3) Edit the file "Generic.v4.Config.xml" using NotePad.exe
4) Find this section and change the value from  {0:d} to {0:D}
5) Save the changes then restart ACT!

    <PreferenceName>FieldDataType.DateTime</PreferenceName>
    <PreferenceValue>{0:d}</PreferenceValue>

{0:D} =  "Friday, February 17, 2012" String
{0:d} =  "17/02/2012"



This format also applies to these field types:

Date
   <PreferenceName>FieldDataType.Date</PreferenceName>
    <PreferenceValue>{0:d}</PreferenceValue>

Time
   <PreferenceName>FieldDataType.Time</PreferenceName>
    <PreferenceValue>{0:t}</PreferenceValue>

AnnualEvent
   <PreferenceName>FieldDataType.AnnualEvent</PreferenceName>
    <PreferenceValue>{0:d}</PreferenceValue>

See also
Printing Multiple Currencies
Printing Currency Format
Printing Yes-No Format
Printing Number Format
Printing Format
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Views: 175
Created By: jimdurkin
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Created Date: 3/24/2014 12:31 PM
Last Modified: 3/24/2014 1:54 PM
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