Information Console enables you to use date-and-time expressions to add the document generation date and time value to the following items:

For example, to set Sales Report followed by the report generation date as a document name, use the following expression:

On February 28, 2014, the name appears as:

When scheduling a report to run on a recurring basis, adding a date-and-time expression creates unique document, folder, or version names. A user can create date-and-time expressions in either of the following ways:

Table 3‑2 lists the custom date-and-time format keywords to use and the expression to which each keyword evaluates in a report. This table uses the locale English (USA). Actuate recommends not using General Date, Long Date, Long Time, Medium Time, and Short Time types.

Table 3‑3 lists the date format symbols to use and the expression to which each symbol evaluates in a report. The examples and results in Table 3‑3 and Table 3‑4 use a .xls file‑name extension for names of document file types. The examples and results without a .xls file‑name extension are version names. A time appears in 24‑hour format unless you use an AM/PM symbol. The symbol for minute is n. The symbol for month is m.

Table 3‑4 lists the time format symbols that you use and the expression that each symbol evaluates in a report.