Setting Preferences for Date Formats
Theme: Configure
Who Is It For? System Administrator, Automation Engineer
What Is It?
Configure the Date and Time formats to control how the EM displays dates and times.
To set the preferences, complete the following steps:
- Open the Enterprise Manager application
- Use menu path: EnterpriseManager > Preferences. The Preferences dialog displays
- Select on the arrow (
) next to Enterprise Manager in the Preferences tree to expand the list - Select on Date Formats. The Date Formats settings display to the right
- (Optional) Modify any of the following format fields:
- Full date format – date and time (default: M/d/yy h:mm a)
- Long date format – date only (default: MMMM d, yyyy)
- Short date format – numeric short date (default: M/d/yy)
- Long time format – hours, minutes, and seconds (default: h:mm:ss a)
- Short time format – hours and minutes (default: h:mm a)
- (Optional) Select Restore Defaults to restore the original formats
- Select Apply to apply the changes
- Select OK to save and close the Preferences dialog
- Close and restart the Enterprise Manager to load the new formats
The format letters and examples below refer to this Long Date example: Monday, August 8, 2011
The example date would be created in the EM with the following string for the Long Date Format: EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy
| Letter | Date or Time Component | Presentation | Results/Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| yyyy | Year | Year | 2011 |
| M | Month | Month number | 8 (does not include the leading zero) |
| MM | Month | Month number | 08 (does include the leading zero) |
| MMM | Month | Month text | Aug (abbreviates the month name) |
| MMMM | Month | Month text | August (includes the full the month name) |
| d | Day in Month | Day Number | 8 (does not include the leading zero) |
| dd | Day in Month | Day Number | 08 (does include the leading zero) |
| E | Day in week | Day Text | Wed (abbreviates the day name) |
| EEEE | Day in week | Day Text | Wednesday (includes the full day name) |
| a | AM/PM marker | AM or PM text | AM/PM |
| H | Hour in Day (0-23) | 24-hour clock number | 16:00 |
| h | Hour in Day (1-12) | Hour in AM/PM | 4:00 |
| mm | Minute in hour | Number | 30 |
| s | Second in minute | Number | 55 |
FAQs
Q: How many steps does the Setting Preferences for Date Formats procedure involve?
The Setting Preferences for Date Formats procedure involves 9 steps. Complete all steps in order and save your changes.
Glossary
Enterprise Manager (EM): OpCon's rich client graphical user interface for Windows and Linux, used to define schedules and jobs, manage automation data, and perform operational tasks.
Resource: A numeric variable in OpCon representing a finite pool. Jobs can be configured to require a set number of resource units to run, limiting concurrent executions and preventing resource contention.