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OfficeVision lets you enter dates in many different formats. Certain general date formats are acceptable on all systems. You can also use U.S., International, or European date format, depending on your OfficeVision configuration.

All date formats specify the date using a combination of name of the month and number of the day, and optionally the year. For example, if today is October 1, 1996, and you want to specify October 31, 1996, using U.S. month names, you can enter any of the following:

You can abbreviate the name of the month as long as each name is unique. For example, minimum abbreviations for U.S. months are:

Ja F Mar Ap May Jun Jul Au S O N D

You can also specify the day of the year calculated numerically from January 1. For example, if today is October 1, 1996, and you want to specify October 31, 1996, you would enter 305 or 99305.

In addition, you can use one of the following formats, depending on your OfficeVision system configuration:

  Format Examples Using October 31, 1996
U.S. mm/dd(/(yy)yy) 10/31,    10/31/96,    10/31/1996
International ((yy)yy-)mm-dd 10-31,    96-10-31,    1996-10-31
European dd-mm(-(yy)yy) 31-10,    31-10-96,    31-10-1996

The following rules and assumptions apply to entering dates:


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