Change date format

The date is included in a large number of merge fields. However the default date display may not be suitable for all documents.

The excerpt below shows the result of the use of a Document List merge field in a template. The date is displayed in a short version and includes the time that the case note was added to the client's file.

In the template the date merge field was:

You can change the way that a date is displayed through the merge field's Field Codes.

Right -click the merge field in a template and select Toggle Field Codes.

You will see something similar to this.

The arrow above indicates where you are going to insert some format code.

Enter @"d MMM yyyy"\:

In a document using the template the result is that the date displays as:

Note the spaces between the day and month and year.

The actual date displayed is determined by the format code inserted:

Dates and/or Days of the week

• d = single number for the date until in double figures, e.g. 2
• dd = double number for the date even when below 10,e.g. 02
• ddd = first three letters of the day of the week, e.g. Mon
• dddd = full word for the day of the week, e.g. Monday

Months

• M = single number for the month until in double figures, e.g. 8
• MM = double number for the month even when below 10, e.g. 08
• MMM = first three letters of the month, e.g. Aug
• MMMM = full word for the month, e.g. August