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It's possible to use a custom date format
for dates on your schedule, including:
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The schedule above shows several
examples of custom date formatting. The symbols are shown
with a 3 letter month name followed by a 2 digit day. The
Start Month column only displays a month name. The End
Date column displays the date in the conventional mm/dd/yy form.
The current date is shown in a longer form including the day of
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Following are the options for
formatting dates in Milestones Simplicity, Milestones Project
Companion and Milestones Professional (applies to 2006
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d |
Day of
the month as digits with no leading zero if the day is
single digit. |
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dd |
Day of
the month as digits with leading zero for single digit
days. |
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ddd |
Day of
the week as a three-letter abbreviation (Mon., Tue....) |
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dddd |
Day of
the week as it's full name. |
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M |
Month as
digits with no leading zero for single digit month. |
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MM |
Month as
digits with leading zero for single digit months. |
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MMM |
Month as
a three-letter abbreviation (Jan, Feb, Mar) |
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MMMM |
Month as
its full name |
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y |
Year as
last two digits, but with no leading zeros |
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yy |
Year as
last two digits, but with leading zeros |
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yyyy |
Year
represented by four digits |
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gg |
Period/era string |
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Include extra text in
single quotes
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Be
sure to use correct case (lower case d for day,
upper case M for month, lower case y for year)
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Examples using January 15, 2007 |
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To set a date column custom date format
see the column properties dialog: |
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To set the symbol date custom
format, see Format | Symbol Date Format. The “?” button next to
the format entry box displays the rules for entering the custom
format string. |
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The custom date format option is
available for the Current Date also. Along with the custom
format, the current date now may also optionally include a time
setting. If the time setting is to be used, at least Hourly
sensitivity should be set in the Schedule Details dialog.
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| Note: Entries under
Format | International will not apply to custom dates, since
day and month names are maintained by Windows and are based upon
the current regional settings.
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