Changing the format of date and time fields in forms

You can select the type of date, time, and date-time format that is displayed in Service Desk forms. For date and time fields, you can select the short, medium, or long format. For combined date-time fields, you can select any combination of short, medium, or long date and time formats (such as "Medium Date, Long Time"). The changes you make do not affect other users. Before you select the required formats, you should change the format of date fields to define the short, medium and long date formats, and you should change the format of time fields to define the short, medium and long time formats.

To change the format of date and time fields in forms:

  1. Choose Options from the Tools menu.
  2. Click the Form formats tab.
  3. In the Date and Time Format in Forms area, select the required format types:
    1. For date and time fields, you can select the short, medium, or long format.
    2. For date-time fields, you can select any combination of short, medium, or long date and time formats. 
  4. Click Apply to apply the changes and leave the dialog box open, or click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog box. Alternatively, click Cancel to cancel the changes.

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