Date Format

Enter a valid display format for the selected date field.

99/99/99

Select to display the date in two-byte segments delimited by a backslash (/). This is the standard format.

99-99-99

Select to display the date in two-byte segments delimited by a hyphen (-).

99.99.99

Select to display the date in two-byte segments delimited by a period (.).

99/99/9999

Select to display the date in two-byte segments for the month and day and display the year in four-bytes. Delimit with a backslash (/).

99-99-9999

Select to display the date in two-byte segments for the month and day and display the year in four-bytes. Delimit with a hyphen (-).

99.99.9999

Select to display the date in two-byte segments for the month and day and display the year in four-bytes. Delimit with a period (.).

999999

Select to display the date in six bytes with no delimiter character.

99999999

Select to display the date in eight bytes with no delimiter character.

Standard

Select to format the selected field to the default ABL format for dates, 99/99/99.