The document describes various format specifications for displaying numbers, dates, times, and other values. It lists 17 number formats, 13 date formats, and 13 time formats that can be used to control how values are displayed in output or reports. The formats allow controlling aspects like thousand separators, number of decimal places, date order, and 12 vs 24 hour time display.
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The document describes various format specifications for displaying numbers, dates, times, and other values. It lists 17 number formats, 13 date formats, and 13 time formats that can be used to control how values are displayed in output or reports. The formats allow controlling aspects like thousand separators, number of decimal places, date order, and 12 vs 24 hour time display.
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Format specification Description
"General Number" Displays number with no thousand separators.
"Currency" Displays number with thousand separators, if "Fixed" Displays at least one digit to the left and two "Standard" Displays number with thousand separators, at "Percent" Displays number multiplied by 100 with a "Scientific" Uses standard scientific notation, providing "Yes/No" Displays No if number is 0; otherwise, "True/False" Displays False if number is 0; otherwise, "On/Off" Displays Off if number is 0; otherwise, Format Description "General Displays a date and/or time. For "Long Displays a date according to your "Short Date" Displays a date using your current "Long Displays a time using your current "Medium Displays a time in 12 hour format. "Short Time" Displays a time in 24 hour format. Character Description (:) Time separator. In some locales, other (/) characters Date separator. may be used to In some represent locales, otherthe time separator. characters may The be timetoseparator used represent theas (\) Backslash. separates Displays hours,The the minutes, next character and seconds date aDouble separator. literal character. date So, separator it's not within interpreted (") when separatestime values quote. the Text day, are formatted. enclosed month, and yearThewhen as a actual double formatting character quotes character. used as theThe isformatted. displayed. time So, it's not c date Displayvalues the are date as ddddd and actual display separator interpreted character in formatted as used formatting asasthe output date is characters. separator ina d Display the time determined the day as ttttt, by your a number in that without order. system settings. formatted leading zerooutput (1-31).is determined by your dd Display onlyday the system settings. dateas ainformation number withifathere ddd leading is Display zero no fractional (01-31). the day part as an to the date serial abbreviation (Sun- dddd number; Sat). Display display day asonly Localized. the a fulltime name (Sunday- information Saturday). if there is no integer Localized. ddddd Display the date as a complete date portion. (including day,serial month, and year), dddddd Display a date number as a formatted complete according date (includingto yourday,system's month, w Display short the date day format of the setting.weekThe as a number default and (1 year) for formatted Sunday through according 7 for to the Saturday). ww Display short long date the date weekrecognized format setting of the yearby is mm/dd/yyyy. as your a number m (1-54). system. Display The defaultaslong the month date format a number without a is dddd, mmmm leading zero d, If m immediately (1-12). yyyy. follows h or hh, minute rather than mm Display the month as a number with a mmm leading Display zero (01-12). the month as If mm immediately an abbreviation mmmm (Jan-Dec). Display theLocalized. follows h or hh, monthminute as a fullrather monththan name the month is displayed. (January-December). q Display the quarter ofLocalized. the year as a y number Display (1-4). the day of the year as a number yy (1-366). Display the year as a 2-digit number (00- yyyy 99). Display the year as a 4-digit number h (100-9999). Display the hour as a number without a hh leading Display zero (0-23). the hour as a number with a n leading Display zero (00-23). the minute as a number without nn aDisplay leadingthe zero (0-59). minute as a number with a s leading Display zero (00-59). the second as a number without ss aDisplay leadingthe zero (0-59). second as a number with a ttttt leading Display zero (00-59). a time as a complete time AM/PM (including hour, minute, Use the 12-hour clock andand second), display an formatted uppercase using AM withthe time separator any hour before defined by thean noon; display time format recognized uppercase PM with any by your hour system. betweenAnoonleading and zero 11:59isP.M. displayed am/pm Use the 12-hour clock and display a A/P lowercase AM with Use the 12-hour anyand clock hour before display an noon; display uppercase A a lowercase with any hour PM withnoon; before any a/p Use hour the 12-hour between clock noon and and display 11:59 P.M.a display lowercasean A uppercase with anyPhour withbefore any hour noon; between display anoon and 11:59 lowercase P withP.M. any hour between noon and 11:59 P.M. Empid Name dept Empid Name dept deptid dept 1a IT 1a IT 101 Audit 2b IT 5 bb IT 102 HR 3c sales 7 cc sales 103 IT 4d Finance 8 dd Finance
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Empid Name dept
1a IT 2b IT 3c sales 4d Finance 1a IT 5 bb IT 7 cc sales 8 dd Finance Prod price Qty Pen 20 10 200 Books 30 5 150 50 15 350 750