Configure the shown time format and time zone for alarm records
- Last UpdatedApr 09, 2025
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You can configure the time format and time zone for alarm records shown in the Alarm DB View control.
Configure time format
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Right-click the Alarm DB View control and then select Properties. The AlmDBViewCtrl Properties dialog box appears.
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Select the Time/Sort tab.

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In the Time Format list, select 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
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Dash date division punctuation
06-07
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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
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In the Displayed Time Zone list, select 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.
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Select Apply.