Set the time format

You can set the time format in which the Alarm Control shows the alarm and event records. You can either use a predefined datetime format, or compose one.

To set the time format

1. Double-click the Alarm Control on the canvas. The Edit Animations dialog box appears.

2. Select Time Settings.

3. In the Time Format area, do the following:

   1. Make sure Use .NET Time Format is cleared.

   2. Select date format codes from the list at the right. The equivalent date format code appears in the box above.

   3. Select time format codes from the list at the right. The equivalent time format code is appended to the date format string.

4. If you want to customize the datetime format, modify the codes in the box as follows:

   Code	Purpose	Example
   %m	Two-digit month	03
   %b	Three-letter month	Mar
   %B	Full month name	March
   %d	Two-digit day	17
   %Y	Four-digit year	2008
   %y	Two-digit year	08
   %#x	Full day and date	Tuesday, March 11, 2008
   %H	Hours in 24 hour format	14
   %I	Hours in 12 hour format	2
   %M	Minutes	55
   %S	Seconds	34
   %s	Milliseconds	223
   %p	AM or PM	PM

5. Click OK.