Configuring the Shown Time Format and Time Zone for Alarm Records

You can configure the time format and time zone for alarm records shown in the Alarm DB View control.

To configure time format

1. Right-click the Alarm DB View control and then click Properties. The AlmDBViewCtrl Properties dialog box appears.

2. Click the Time/Sort tab.

   

3. In the Time Format list, click a time format:

   String character	Description	Example
   d	Two-digit day	31
   b	Three-letter month abbreviation	Aug
   Y	Four-digit year	2007
   m	Two-digit month	11
   /	Date division function	06/2007
   y	Two-digit year	07
   #x	Full day and date	Friday, August 09, 2002
   B	Full month name	September
   -	Dash date division punctuation	06-07
   .	Period date division punctuation	06.07
   ,	Comma date division punctuation	Aug 09, 2007
   H	24 hour time	22:15
   :	Time division punctuation as in 4:41
   M	Minute	00:41
   p	AM or PM display
   S	Seconds	16:41:07
   s	Fractions of a second	16:41:07.390
   I	12 hour time with AM/PM designation	04:41 PM

   You can also manually enter your own format string in the list box using custom text and the formatting characters. Some sample time format character strings are shown below:

   Time Format String	Display
   %d %b	09 Aug
   %m/%d/%Y	08/09/2002
   %#x	Friday, August 09, 2002
   %Y-%m-%d	2002-08-09
   %m/%d/%Y %H:%M %p	08/09/2002 16:56 PM
   %m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%s %p	08/09/2002 16:56:38.07
   %I:%M %p	04:56 PM

4. In the Displayed Time Zone list, click the desired time zone:

   Time Zone	Description
   GMT	Alarm time stamps use Greenwich Mean Time.
   Local Time	Alarm time stamps are shown with the local time of the client hosting the Alarm DB View control.
   Origin Time	Alarm time stamps are shown with the local time of the alarm provider.

5. Click Apply.