Date Formats

Feature

Starting with Goldenseal accounting software version 4.3, we have added two new options for date display— with spaces (June 3, 2008 becomes 6 3 08) or with no separators (June 3, 2008 becomes 6308).

Suggested By

The 'no separator' option was needed for the new automatic backup feature, and while we were writing that, spaces also seemed like a reasonable option.

How to Use

To change the display format of any date field, follow these steps:

1. Choose Custom Layouts from the Options menu, and choose Account, Transaction or Printed Forms from the submenu (depending on what you want to change).
2. Use the popup fields at upper left to locate the layout you want to change.
3. Click on a date field.
4. Choose Date & Time Format from the Format menu.
5. Choose one of the four Mark choices (hyphen, dash, space or none), then click OK.
6. Close the layout, and save changes.
7. The next time you use the new layout, it will use the new date format.

Technical Details

Programmer note: new code in CDate::GetDateString. Also revised dialog layout for Custom Layouts.