Date Format
Date Format
(OP)
Anybody found a workaround for the date format limitations in Inventor?
Current advice from Autodesk is to change the system format definition.
Not a practical solution - that would affect MANY other programs running on this computer, some adversely.
For clarity, I'm asking about Inventor's ability to use a date format such as: DD-MMM-YY instead of, say, MM/DD/YY as set by the operating system.
AFAIK, there is no setting in Inventor that allows you to select the format you want - preventing you from standardizing the configuration of Inventor among the workgroup without standardizing the date format of Windows on every computer, too, regardless of its other uses or the user's needs.
Current advice from Autodesk is to change the system format definition.
Not a practical solution - that would affect MANY other programs running on this computer, some adversely.
For clarity, I'm asking about Inventor's ability to use a date format such as: DD-MMM-YY instead of, say, MM/DD/YY as set by the operating system.
AFAIK, there is no setting in Inventor that allows you to select the format you want - preventing you from standardizing the configuration of Inventor among the workgroup without standardizing the date format of Windows on every computer, too, regardless of its other uses or the user's needs.
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RE: Date Format
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Autodesk is NOT going to change that anytime soon.
I'd suggest you simply create an internal company standard quickly and pick one and live with it.
RE: Date Format
I have written programs (BASIC, C++) with date fields that are formatted for consistency. Autodesk is taking a shortcut using the OS format instead giving the user the choice of format. The iProperties fields are used to record dates of drawing creation and approval, and displayed on the drawing either in the title block or other fields where the uses specifies a date. Often these dates are selected by the draftsman, not updatable system clock times.
The format function is available and easy to use in all MS Office software, numerous other analytical software packages, etc.
Changing the date format of the OS can have an adverse effect on business admin software like Quickbooks.
Don't assume that the user with Inventor on his computer cannot possibly have Quickbooks, too.
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