Re: Date format standards in XA

["Eric A. Wolf" <eric_a_wolf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought at R6 there was a way to format it by user - never could find
where it could get done, though.  Or is it at R7...

Eric

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gernot Langle" <glangle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "MAPICS ERP System Discussion" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: Date format standards in XA


> From "Planning and Installing MAPICS XA" Chapter 3:
>
> Setting the date format
> The date format on MAPICS XA displays and reports is the same format as
> the one
> you specify for the AS/400 system.
> The date formats supported by MAPICS XA are:
> • MM/DD/YY (month/day/year)
> • DD/MM/YY (day/month/year)
> • YY/MM/DD (year/month/day)
> To change the date format, see the AS/400 Work Management Guide.
>
>
> Dan Bale wrote:
>
> >I am absolutely new to Mapics XA.  Spent about a month on Mapics DB about
> ><mumble> years ago in a previous job.  I remember the source code being
ugly
> >as h*ll.  Here at my new employer, we are preparing to migrate to Mapics
XA
> >from DB.
> >
> >What is the standard presentation of dates in Mapics for entry, display,
and
> >printing?  IOW, 4-digit years or 2-digit years?  Month, day, year
sequence?
> >Is it customizable at the installation level?
> >
> >The reason I ask is that I am rewriting some custom apps, and we want to
> >standardize the format of the dates.  Don't want to get too far into the
> >rewrite without having some idea of what our users will see in Mapics.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >db
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