5.10 Date style option

 You can specify one of two date style options by clicking one of the radiobuttons from the ``Configure/Date style'' menu as shown in figure 5.22.

  
Figure 5.22: Date style options

The two choices are described below:

US format

displays the date in the month/day/year format. For example, ``January 28, 1996'' would be displayed as ``01/28/96''.

European format

displays the date in the day/month/year format. For example, ``January 28, 1996'' would be displayed as ``28/01/96''.

Note, the ``Date style'' option is available only in ``Search mode''. So, you must go to ``Search mode'' in order to change the date style. The ``Date style'' option remains stippled in modes other than ``Search mode''.

The environment variable shown in figure 5.23 tells Qddb how to format your dates.

    export QDDB_DATESTYLE=us
    export QDDB_DATESTYLE=european

  
Figure 5.23: Set environment variable to override compiled default

The environment variable overrides the compiled default(you can set the compiled default during Qddb installation). The user's selection overrides the environment variable setting.