Applying a date‑and‑time format
As with numeric data, the appearance of date‑and‑time data depends on how the data is stored, your system’s locale, and the date‑and‑time format, if any, that is defined in the template or theme. BIRT Studio provides common formats you can use to change how dates and times appear. You can, for example, display dates as January 19, 2008 11:00:00 AM PST or Jan 19, 2008 or 1/19/08.
How to apply a date‑and‑time format
1 Select a column that contains date‑and‑time data.
2 Choose Format Data.
3 On Date/Time Column Format, select a format from the drop‑down list. You can select a standard format or define a custom format. The standard and custom formats are described in the next sections.
