Changing the Date Format Using the staffpms File

Line 5 of the staffpms file determines how the date is displayed in iProcess Engine. (The following example is for an iProcess Engine for Windows).

%2d/%2d/%4d\/\%s%s %s, %s\dmy\wdmy\%2d:%2d\:\ AM\ PM\Week\NYYYYYN

Individual entries are separated by a backslash character (\). The following table describes the meaning of each entry.

The Meaning of Each Entry for Changing the Date Format Using the staffpms File

Position

Example

Description

1

%2d/%2d/%4d

The number of characters used to specify each component of the date. For example, 2 characters to denote the date, 2 for the month and 4 for the year.

2

/

The date delimiter.

3

%s%s %s, %s

Not used.

4

dmy

The order of the date format.

5

wdmy

Not used.

6

%2d:%2d

The time format. The default is 24-hour format, for example, 15:12.

7

:

The time delimiter.

8

AM

Not used.

9

PM

Not used.

10

Week

Not used.

11

NYYYYYN

The definition of the working week, running Sunday to Saturday. Y indicates a working day, N a non-working day. For example, Monday to Friday. For more information, see Specifying the Working Week.

Changing the Order of the Date Format

To change the format, for example, to yyyy/mm/dd:

1. Amend the date order entry (position 4) to be ymd.
2. Amend the number of characters entry (position 1) to be %4d/%2d/%2d. 
%4d/%2d/%2d\/\%s%s %s, %s\ymd\wdmy\%2d:%2d\:\ AM\ PM\Week\NYYYYYN

Changing the Date Delimiter

To change the date delimiter, for example to a hyphen character, amend the number of characters (position 1) and date delimiter (position 2) entries as shown.

%2d-%2d-%4d\-\%s%s %s, %s\dmy\wdmy\%2d:%2d\:\ AM\ PM\Week\NYYYYYN