Dates

 

Two Field Types are available in Ibidem for dates: American Date and European Date.

 

American Date format is:  1/31/1999 or 1-31-1999
European Date format is:  31/1/1999 or 31-1-1999

 

For either American Date or European date, the following principles apply:

 

Four digit years must always be used.
Any commonly used delimiters will be recognized  (e.g. 1.31.1999 or 1:31:1999 or 1-31-1999 or 1/31/1999)
Field must have 3 numbers.  If the month or day is not known, it may be entered as 0. For example, to enter January 1999 in an American Date field, you would type 1/0/1999.

 

 

See also:

Data Entry Overview

Year

Field Definitions

Editing Fields

Auto Date