How to Set Date Formats
The $szDateFormat string in the pp_config.pl sets the format for
how dates are displayed
in the various reports. Possible values, and typical results are shown below:
|
"%d %b %Y" = 04 May 2005 '%e/%c/%Y' = 21/5/2005 '%c/%e/%Y' = 5/21/2005 '%d/%m/%Y' = 21/05/2005 '%m/%d/%Y' = 05/21/2005 '%D %b %Y' = 21st May 2005 ‘%b %e %Y' = May 21 2005 |
The meaning of the percent codes is as follows:
| Specifier | Description |
%a |
Abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat) |
%b |
Abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec) |
%c |
Month, numeric (0..12) |
%D |
Day of the month with English suffix (0th,
1st, 2nd, 3rd,
...) |
%d |
Day of the month, numeric (00..31) |
%e |
Day of the month, numeric (0..31) |
%j |
Day of year (001..366) |
%M |
Month name (January..December) |
%m |
Month, numeric (00..12) |
%p |
AM or PM |
%Y |
Year, numeric, four digits |
%y |
Year, numeric, two digits |
%% |
A literal '%'. |