Program settings - Date and time templates

This window lists the templates used when pasting the date and time with the Time / Date command in Edit Menu , or in the drop-down menu by clicking the arrow next to this command. The buttons next to the list allow you to add, delete, change the order of templates, as well as restore default templates.

When creating a template, use the following symbols, which will be replaced by the program with the appropriate date and time values:

  • y or yy - year (always 2 digits, e.g. "99", "05")
  • yyy or yyyy - year (always 4 digits, e.g. "1999", "2005")
  • m - month number (1 or 2 digits, from 1 to 12)
  • mm - month number (always 2 digits, preceded by a zero, from 01 to 12)
  • mmm - abbreviation of the month name (e.g. "Jan", "Jun", "Dec")
  • mmmm - full name of the month (e.g. 'January', 'June', 'December')
  • d - number of the day of the month (1 or 2 digits, from 1 to 31)
  • dd - number of the day of the month (always 2 digits, from 01 to 31)
  • h, hh - time (1 or 2 respectively, and always 2 digits)
  • hampm, hhampm - hour in 12-hour format (1 or 2 respectively, and always 2 digits between 0-12 or 00-12)
  • n, nn - minute (1 or 2 respectively, and always 2 digits)
  • s, ss - second (1 or 2 respectively, and always 2 digits)
  • unixtimestamp - Unix timestamp (number of seconds elapsed since 00:00:00 on 1 January 1970)

NOTE: All other characters you wish to include in the date and time template must be enclosed in inverted commas!

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