Predefined Masks

Predefined masks are used to set format specifications for date and time. You can define your predefined masks in the Masks section of the Application Properties panel of Views Studio. The following table defines and names the format showing how they are displayed. In the mask format, characters representing the decimal point depend on application settings. The first column shows the decimal formats, the second shows the value, and the final column shows the format applied to the values.

Mask	Value	Display
000.0	123.8	123.8
“(“00”)”000.0##	12345.789	(12)345.789
“(“00”)”000.0##	12345.78	(12)345.78
“(“00”)”000.0##	12345	12345
“(“00”)”000.0##	12345.9999	12345.9999

The following table provides the name of the date mask in the first column and shows how the dates will be displayed in the second column.

Name	Display
Date, mmm/dd/yyyy	mmm/dd/yyyy
Date, mmm/dd/yy	mmm/dd/yy
Date, mm/dd/yy	mm/dd/yy
Date, mm/dd/yyyy	mm/dd/yyyy
Time (This mask worksonly if the data type is time.)	hh:mm:ss