Change Date and Time Text
The default text used for date and time in an interview can be modified. To change the default text:
- On the Interview tab, click the Styles button.
- In the Styles dialog box, select the Strings tab.
- For the setting you want to change, double-click in the Text field.
- Change the text as required.
- Click OK.
The date and time text settings that can be changed are listed in the following table.
| Name | Description | Default Text | Interview version |
|---|---|---|---|
| jan-full | The text used for the display of the full name for the month of the year | January | Both |
| feb-full | February | Both | |
| mar-full | March | Both | |
| apr-full | April | Both | |
| may-full | May | Both | |
| jun-full | June | Both | |
| jul-full | July | Both | |
| aug-full | August | Both | |
| sep-full | September | Both | |
| oct-full | October | Both | |
| nov-full | November | Both | |
| dec-full | December | Both | |
| jan-short | The text used for the display of the short name for the month of the year | Jan | Both |
| feb-short | Feb | Both | |
| mar-short | Mar | Both | |
| apr-short | Apr | Both | |
| may-short | May | Both | |
| jun-short | Jun | Both | |
| jul-short | Jul | Both | |
| aug-short | Aug | Both | |
| sep-short | Sep | Both | |
| oct-short | Oct | Both | |
| nov-short | Nov | Both | |
| dec-short | Dec | Both | |
| mon-full | The text used for the display of the full name for the day of the week | Monday | Both |
| tue-full | Tuesday | Both | |
| wed-full | Wednesday | Both | |
| thu-full | Thursday | Both | |
| fri-full | Friday | Both | |
| sat-full | Saturday | Both | |
| sun-full | Sunday | Both | |
| mon-short | The text used for the display of the short name for the day of the week | Mon | Both |
| tue-short | Tues | Both | |
| wed-short | Wed | Both | |
| thu-short | Thurs | Both | |
| fri-short | Fri | Both | |
| sat-short | Sat | Both | |
| sun-short | Sun | Both | |
| days-of-week-min | The text to be shown on the calendar control for the given day. The first day of the week is Sunday. | S, M, T, W, T, F, S | Both |
| day-label | The text used for the display of the date and time components in a multi-input text control | Day | Latest |
| month-label | Month | Latest | |
| year-label | Year | Latest | |
| seconds-label | Seconds | Latest | |
| minutes-label | Minutes | Latest | |
| hours-label | Hours | Latest | |
| meridiem-label | The text used for the display of the AM/PM meridiem | AM/PM | Both |
| am-meridiem-text | The text used for the display of the AM meridiem | AM | Latest |
| pm-meridiem-text | The text used for the display of the PM meridiem | PM | Latest |
| default-day-hint | The hint text used in the day field of a multi-input date collect | dd | Both |
| default-month-hint | The hint text used in the month field of a multi-input date collect | mm | Both |
| default-year-hint | The hint text used in the year field of a multi-input date collect | yyyy | Both |
| default-hour-hint | The hint text used in the hour field of a time of day collect | hh | Both |
| default-minute-hint | The hint text used in the minute field of a time of day collect | mm | Both |
| default-second-hint | The hint text used in the second field of a time of day collect | ss | Both |
| default-meridiem-hint | The hint text used in the meridiem field of a time of day collect | am/pm | Both |
Note: To change the text used to separate the display of temporal values, such as 'from', see Change the Temporal Value Separator.