Insert Date and Time

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Use this dialog to insert a date and/or time value in your XF Template document.

 

Insert_date_and_time

 

To display the dialog: in the Insert tab click the "Date and Time" button in the Text group. You can choose one of the various Available Formats.

You have the option also for Update Automatically by checking the appropriate check box.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<xfd:document xmlns:xfd="http://www.ecrion.com/xfd/1.0" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xf="http://www.ecrion.com/xf/1.0" xmlns:xc="http://www.ecrion.com/2008/xc" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">

       <xfd:localization>

               <xfd:locale language-id="en_US" language-name="English (United States)" />

       </xfd:localization>

       <fo:layout-master-set>

               <fo:simple-page-master master-name="Letter Page" page-width="8.500in" page-height="11.000in">

                       <fo:region-body region-name="xsl-region-body" margin="0.700in" />

                       <fo:region-before region-name="xsl-region-before" display-align="after" extent="0.700in"/>

                       <fo:region-after region-name="xsl-region-after" display-align="before" extent="0.700in"/>

                       <fo:region-start region-name="xsl-region-start" extent="0.700in"/>

                       <fo:region-end region-name="xsl-region-end" extent="0.700in"/>

               </fo:simple-page-master>

       </fo:layout-master-set>

       <fo:page-sequence master-reference="Letter Page">

               <fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-before" font-size="12pt" font-family="Times">

                       <fo:block>&#x00A0;</fo:block>

               </fo:static-content>

               <fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-after" font-size="12pt" font-family="Times">

                       <fo:block>&#x00A0;</fo:block>

               </fo:static-content>

               <fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-start" font-size="12pt" font-family="Times">

                       <fo:block>&#x00A0;</fo:block>

               </fo:static-content>

               <fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-end" font-size="12pt" font-family="Times">

                       <fo:block>&#x00A0;</fo:block>

               </fo:static-content>

               <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body" font-family="Times" font-size="12pt">

                       <fo:block><xfd:field xpath="$XFCrtLocalDateTime" format="date:M/dd/yyyy"/></fo:block>

               </fo:flow>

       </fo:page-sequence>

</xfd:document>

 

You can choose the format for date and time from the list below:

 

Available Format

Effective Format

3/14/2008

M/dd/yyyy

Friday,March 14,2008

EEEE,MMMM dd,yyyy

3/14/08

M/dd/yy

2008-03-14

yyyy-MM-dd

14-Mar-08

dd-MMM-yy

3.14.2008

M.dd.yyyy

Mar.14,08

MMM.dd,yy

14 March 2008

dd MMMM yyyy

March 08

MMMM yy

Mar-08

MMM-yy

3/14/2008 2:36 PM

M/dd/yyyy h:mm a

3/14/2008 2:36:54 PM

M/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss a

2:36:54 PM

h:mm:ss a

14:36

HH:mm

14:36:54

HH:mm:ss