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How To Create Date and Time
Formats
Linx 5900 & 7900
2 Date and Time store
In the Linx 5900 & 7900 Quick Start Guide you learnt how use the Message Editor to add a
Date and Time field to your message. You can select any of the default formats to display
the date or time in a different style, as follows.
TIME AND DATE FORMATS: ENGLISH
Format Usage / Example
d (Day of Week digit) 1 through 7
dd (Day of Month) 1 through 31
dd mmm yy 15 DEC 06
dd mmm yyyy 15 DEC 2006
dd.mm.yy 15.12.06
dd/mm/yy 15/12/06
dd/mm/yyyy 15/12/2006 (5900 only)
HH 00 through 23
HH (12hr) 01 through 12
HH:MM 16:35
HH:MM:SS 16:35:57
HH:MMam/pm 04:35 pm
HHMM 0435
HHMM am/pm 0435 pm
jjj (Julian Date USA) 001 through 366
jjj (Julian Date) 001 through 366
MM (Minute) 00 through 59
mm (Month of Year) 1 through 12
mm/dd/yy 12/15/06
mmm (Month) JAN through DEC
mmm dd yy DEC 15 06
mmm dd yyyy DEC 15 2006
SS (Second) 00 through 59
ww (Week of Year) 1 through 53
y (Year of Decade) 0 through 9
yy (Year of Century) 00 through 99
yy.mm.dd 06.12.15
yyyy 2006
yjjj ( Year of Decade + Julian Date) 0 through 9, 001 through 366 (5900 only)
yjjj (USA) (Year of Decade + Julian Date 0 through 9, 001 through 366 (5900 only)
mm (2 letter month of Year) JA, FE, MR, AL, MA, JN, JL, AU, SE, OC, NO, DE (5900 only)
Figure 1. Date and Time formats