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Feature: Manual Date Entry in Attribute Maintenance

← Elliott Version 8.6

Elliott Version: 8.6

Released: 4/28/23

Overview

When entering a date in Attribute Maintenance, you previously had to use the calendar.  Now, we also are allowing free-form entry of dates:


Free-Form Date Entry


U.S. Date Format
Now it is possible to directly enter the date you want in the input field. The following formats are acceptable:
  • A 6-digit date in the form of MMDDYY. When leaving the field, it will be reformatted to MM/DD/YYYY.
Note that a 2-digit year 50 or less will be converted to a date in the 2000s ; otherwise to a date in the 1900s.
  • An 8-digit date in the form of MMDDYYYY. When leaving the field, it will be reformatted to MM/DD/YYYY.
Note that if only numbers are entered, exactly 6 or 8 digits are required.
  • A date entered as M/D/Y, where the month and day can be 1 or 2 digits and the year can be 1 to 4 digits.
  • A date entered as M.D.Y, where the month and day can be 1 or 2 digits and the year can be 1 to 4 digits.
  • A date entered as M D Y, where the month and day can be 1 or 2 digits and the year can be 1 to 4 digits.
A few examples will make this more clear:
  • 010120 would be converted to 01/01/2020.
  • 01012020 would likewise be converted to 01/01/2020.
  • 1120 would cause an error -- it would not convert to 01/01/2020.
  • 112020 would convert to 11/20/2020 -- it would not convert to 1/12/2020.
  • 1/1/20 would convert to 01/01/2020.
  • 1.1.20 would convert to 01/01/2020.
  • 1 1 20 would convert to 01/01/2020.
During keyboard entry, as is standard in Windows programs, each key typed will delete all highlighted characters, if any, and insert its character before the caret. When the form is completed (Enter pressed), the date will be edited and reformatted. If any delimiter (forward slash, period, space) is found, there must be two and only two of these delimiters. Any text that cannot be translated into a valid date will display an error message.

International Date Format
If the user wishes to enter dates in international date format (YYYY/MM/DD or YYYY.MM.DD, etc.), he or she may simply enter a 4-digit year, followed by / (or other delimiter), then a month, then / (or other delimeter), then a day. The software will recognize this as an international date because of the 4-digit year followed by a delimeter. The software will convert it to MM/DD/YYYY format and validate it.

In this way we support entering a date in international format, but we do not display dates in international format.

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Programs: SYATRUPD



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