Format Date and Time Dialog Box for Bank Codes

On the Format Date/Time dialog box, specify how you want the date and time to display in the text file for a bank code.

You must use this dialog box if you process payments for different geographical locations that have different time zones and different date and time requirements.

Location

To display the dialog box, complete the following steps:

  1. From the Vision Navigation menu, click Configuration > Accounting > Banks.
  2. On the Bank Codes form, open the User Defined File Format tab. This tab is enabled only if you select User Defined in the Export to Text Format field on the Bank Codes tab of the Bank Codes form.
  3. Click beside the Date Format field.

Contents

Field Description
Type

Click in this field, and select the date type from the list.

The options (with examples in parenthesis) are:

  • Short date (8/21/2015)

  • Medium date (August 21, 2015)

  • Long date (Thursday, August 21, 2015)

  • Short date and time (8/21/2015 04:11:44)

  • Time (04:11:44)

After you select a date type, to further modify it, select or clear the check boxes in the Date options section in this dialog box. For example, clear the Display day check box to remove the display of the day from the date.

Sample This field displays an example of how the date and time display based on your selection in the Type field and the options that you choose in the Date options and Time options sections.

Date Options Section

After you select the date type, use this section to define how the date displays. This section is fully enabled when you select Short date, Medium date, Long date, or Short date and time in the Type field on this dialog box. When you select Time in the Type field, only the Display four digit year and Display leading zeros check boxes are enabled in this section.

Field Description
Use separator from regional settings Select this check box to use the separator that is entered for the regional settings in Microsoft Windows as the separator between the day, month, and year in the date.
Date Separator

From the drop-down list, select the character to use as a separator between the day, month, and year in the date. This field is enabled only if you do not select the Use separator from regional settings check box.

Date order From the drop-down list, select the order of the month, day, and year in the date. When you make a selection in this field, the date that is displayed in the Sample field changes accordingly.
Display day Select this check box if you want the day included in the date. Clear the check box if you want to omit the day from the date.
Display month Select this check box if you want the month included in the date. Clear the check box if you want to omit the month from the date.
Display year Select this check box if you want the year included in the date. Clear the check box if you want to omit the year from the date.
Display four digit year Select this check box if you want the year displayed with four digits. Clear this check box if you want the year displayed with two digits.
Display leading zeros

Select this check box if you want leading zeros displayed in dates. For example, the month of August displays as 08 instead of 8.

Clear this check box if you do not want leading zeros displayed in dates.

Time Options Section

Use this section to determine how the time (hours, minutes, and seconds) is formatted. This section is enabled only when you select Short date and time or Time in the Type field.

Field Description
Use separator from regional settings Select this check box to use the separator that is entered for the regional settings in Microsoft Windows as the separator between the day, moth, and year in the time.
Time Separator From the drop-down list, select the character to use as a separator between the time components (hour, minutes, and seconds).
24-hour clock Select this check box if you want the displayed time to be based on 24 hours, numbered from 0 to 23.
Display AM/PM Select this check box if you want the labels AM and PM included with the time.