Inserting a date and time field

You can insert a date and time field in Write, Spreadsheet, and Database.

In Write, follow these steps:

  1. Place the cursor where you want the field to appear

  2. Select the Date and Time command from the Insert menu

  3. In the "Date and Time" dialog select a date and/or a time format

  4. If you want to insert both the date and time, click on the Date + Time checkbox

  5. If you want the day of the week to appear, click on the Include Day of Week checkbox – click again to get the intermediate state e.g. Tue instead of Tuesday

  6. Leave the Update Automatically box checked if you want the date and time to update automatically (a "live" field will be inserted), otherwise uncheck it if you just want to insert the current date and time (this will be inserted as text rather than as a field)

  7. Click on OK

In Spreadsheet, follow these steps:

  1. To insert a date and time into the body of the spreadsheet you can use the standard Ability functions, NOW and TODAY (see Date functions).

  2. To insert the date and time into a header or footer, see Headers and footers for more information.

In Database, you can insert the date and time into either a form or a report - see Inserting the date and time into a form or report.