Note: A monetary sign must always be present in the value when working with currencies. If there is not a default setting, then you must enter a number and the monetary sign. Date    The Date property can be set in any of six different formats. They are grouped into two major format types: •   Full Date formats - This setting forces you to set a date which consists of a two-number day, two-number month, and four-number year. You will always obtain a date that fits this format if you use the required quantity of numbers. For example, if the enter the month of February, then you must be enter “02” instead of “2”. Therefore, February 7th, 2001 could be entered as 02/07/2001. •   Short Date formats - Using this setting the date will consist of either a one-number or two-number day and a one-num- ber or two-number month. A two-number year will always be required. This means that zero (‘0’) will not be used as the first number for month or day. For example, the month of February should be represented as “2” (not as “02”); however, zero will be accepted as the first number of a year. This means that you may enter 2001 as “01”. Therefore, February 7th, 2001 could be entered as 2/7/01. Each of the previously discussed sets have three seperate formats. They are: •   month/day/year (represented in the palette as “03/29/1999” and “3/29/99” respectively) •   day/month/year (represented in the palette as “29/03/1999” and “29/3/99” respectively) •   year/month/day (represented in the palette as “1999/03/29” and “99/3/29” respectively) You can use the forward-slash (/) to seperate the month, day, and year; however, typing the forward-slash is not required. For example, you may enter a the following string of numbers, “03291999,” and Canvas will automatically separate them and create string value “03/ 29/1999” as long as it conforms to the format. However, you should be aware that a confusing situation can occur when using short date formats. For example, if you wish to enter a date of January 23rd, 1999, and expect it to appear as “1/23/99”, you must enter at least one forward-slash character in the string so that Canvas can resolve the entry. In our example, typing the entry as “12399” will resolve entry as “12/3/99”. In such acase at least one forward-slash character (/)
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