Date Format Box

The Date Format Box is a layout object for the display of dates.

Date Format Box (DateFormatBox type) is a layout container, found in the Drawables group in the Tool Box view.

If you drag an object of type Date from the Data View to the report design document, a Date Format Box is created.

Properties

Select the object on the Report Design page to display its properties in the Properties View.

format, value

The Format property is optional. If Format is not specified, the format is determined by the DBDATE environment variable. If DBDATE is not set, the default format DMY4/ is used.

The Value property is expected to be in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). The Value property can also be edited directly by double-clicking the object in the report design document.