Select Show all year digits to have the year displayed in four digits. A four-digit display will occur whether all four digits of the year are entered or only the last two digits of the year are entered.
Note: | If only two digits are entered, for decades with a numeric value of less than 80, the prefix supplied will be 20. For decades entered with a numeric value of 80 and above, the prefix supplied will be 19. |
Under Format, select one of the following formats:
For example, February 9th, 1964 might be displayed in the following ways (depending upon other options):
9/2/64
9-2-1964
Select MDY to specify that an entered date will be displayed in the style of month, day, and year.
For example, February 9th, 1964 might be displayed in the following ways (depending upon other options):
2/9/64
2-9-1964
Select YMD to specify that an entered date will be displayed in the style of year, month, and day.
For example, February 3rd, 1968 might be displayed in the following ways (depending upon other options):
68/239
1968-2-3
Under Default value, select one of the following the default values to use if the field does not receive a value at run time:
Note: | For a part that receives direct user input (such as a text entry field), the value specified in the Default field is used only if a user interacts with the field but leaves it empty. If the field never receives input focus, its value remains nil. |
If the displayed value is wider than the display area, use the
or
button to scroll the contents.