Step 1.6. Set the Alarm Message Date/Time Format

  1. Do one of the following:

For the AMV Control

Select the Date Format tab in the CIMPLICITY AMV Control Properties dialog box.

For the stand-alone AMV

Select the Date/Time Format tab in the Alarm List configuration dialog box.

The Date Format or Date/Time Format tab displays a sample of the current format selection.

  1. Either:

Select one of the date format options in the Format list or

Construct your own format in the (Date) Format field.

Acceptable entries are:

m

Numeric month with no leading zero.

mm

Numeric month with leading zero.

mmm

Short text month.

mmmm

Long Text month.

d

Numeric day with no leading zero.

dd

Numeric day with leading zero.

ddd

Short text day of the week.

dddd

Long text day of the week.

y

Last two digits of year. For digits 00 through 09, only the last digit is displayed.

yy

Last two digits of year. For digits 00 through 09, both digits are displayed.

yyyy

All four digits of year

You can use spaces, dashes, slashes or any other delimiter of your choice to separate the date fields.

Example

If you enter dddd dd mmmm yyyy, the sample date will be Saturday 05 March 1994.

  1. Either:

Select one of the time format options in the Time list or

Construct your own format in the (Time) Format field.

Acceptable entries are:

H

Hours based on a twelve-hour clock with no leading zero.

HH

Hours based on a twelve hour clock with leading zero.

HHH

Hours based on a 24-hour clock with no leading zero.

HHHH

Hours based on a 24-hour clock with leading zero.

M

Minutes with no leading zero.

MM

Minutes with leading zero.

S

Seconds with no leading zero.

SS

Seconds with leading zero.

TT

Hundredths of seconds with leading zeros.

T

Thousandths of seconds with no leading zero.

TTT

Thousandths of seconds with leading zeros.

P, A, p, or a

AM/PM indicator.

You can use colons, spaces or any other delimiter of your choice to separate the date fields.

Example

If you enter HHHH:MM:SS:TTT p, the sample time will be 13:05:06:085 PM.

More information

Step 1. Select the AMV Control/Stand-alone AMV Alarm List Fields.