HOPEX V5 EN

Managing Date and Time Formats

In HOPEX, the date and time formats depend on the data language format.

These formats are defined for each language in the Windows parameters of HOPEX installation server.

If needed, you can change these formats in HOPEX.

This customization is lost at HOPEX upgrade.

This modification uncompile technical data.

To change the date/time format for a language:

1. Connect to HOPEX

Check that you are allowed to modify HOPEX data (Options > Installation > Customization), see Managing HOPEX Data Customization.

2. In the HOPEX search tool, select Languages.

3. Click Find

4. In the result list, right-click the language concerned and click Properties.

5. In the Characteristics tab, select the first Characteristics subtab.

6. In the _LanguageCharacteristics pane, add the date/time format you want to be customized:

[DateFormat]

Date=<date format>

time=<time format>

For dates, you can use separating characters like for example:

"/", ",", "-", or " ".

Examples:

date=yyyy/MM/dd displays 2018/04/24

date=d-MM-yy displays 4-03-18

date=dd MMM yy displays 04 jul 18

For times, you can use separating characters like for example:

"/", ".", or ":".

Examples:

time=HH:mm:ss displays 04:30:20

time=H:m displays 4:30

7. Click OK.

The modified formats (date and/or time) are automatically taken into account.

This modification uncompile technical data.

8. Compile technical data.

Date Format:	Description
d	The day of the month with one or two digits 1...9, 10, 11,..31
dd	The day of the month with two digits 01...09, 10, 11,..31.
M	The numeric format month with one or two digits 1...9, 10, 11, 12
MM	The numeric format month with two digits 01...09, 10, 11, 12
MMM	The abbreviated name of the month
Y	The year with one or two digits 9, 22
yy	The year with two digits 09, 22
yyyy	The year with four digits 2022