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How can I change the display and format of date and time?

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You can customize the format that Deskpro uses to display dates and times in the Dates and Times section of Admin > Help Center > Settings. 

The formatting will apply to the Agent interface and Help Center.

Enter the option under the format character column from the table below, that corresponds to the date layout you want to display.

Example


The date format M j Y means that when the interface needs to display a date, it will display something like "Jan 1 2017". If you wanted it to display, "1st January 15", you would edit the Date format field to read "jS F y".

Day

Format character

Description

Example output

d

Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros

01 to 31

D

A textual representation of a day, three letters

Mon through Sun

j

Day of the month without leading zeros

1 to 31

l (lowercase 'L')

A full textual representation of the day of the week

Sunday through Saturday

S

English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters

st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j

z

The day of the year (starting from 0)

0 through 365


Week

Format character

Description

Example output

W

ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday

42


Month

Format character

Description

Example output

F

A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March

January through December

m

Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros

01 through 12

M

A short textual representation of a month, three letters

Jan through Dec

n

Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros

1 through 12


Year

Format character

Description

Example output

Y

Full numeric year, 4 digits

1999, 2003

y

A two-digit representation of a year

99, 03


Time

Format character

Description

Example output

a

Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem

am or pm

A

Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem

AM or PM

g

12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros

1 through 12

G

24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros

0 through 23

h

12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros

01 through 12

H

24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros

00 through 23

i

Minutes with leading zeros

00 to 59

s

Seconds, with leading zeros

00 through 59


Timezone

Format character

Description

Example output

I (capital i)

Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time

1 if Daylight Saving Time, 0 otherwise

O

Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours

+0200

P

Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with a colon between hours and minutes

+02:00


Full Date/Time

Format character

Description

Example output

c

ISO 8601 date

2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00

r

RFC 2822 formatted date

Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200


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