Crystal Reports for Eclipse Designer Guide

Date separators dialog box

Use the Date separators option to set detailed formatting options for date fields in your report.
Prefix
Use the Prefix box to create a prefix for dates in your date field, for example, DATE.
First and second separators
When you are setting up a custom format for a date field object, the program enables you to specify the separators, if any, that you want to use to separate the date elements. Since each date has three elements (YMD, DMY, or MDY), you can specify two different separators. The first separator goes between the first and second elements, the second separator goes between the second and third elements. Type the character(s) you want to use for the separators in the appropriate boxes. Within practical limits, you can use as many characters as you need. For example,
  • If you are using a short format, all numbers, you may want to specify a forward slash (/) as the first separator and as the second separator as well (like 12/25/96).
  • If you are using a long format with the month spelled out, you may not want to use any separator between the first and second elements and then use a comma between the second and third (like March 22, 1998).
Suffix
Use the Suffix box to create a suffix that follows the dates in your date field.



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