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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Formats of dates and times</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Format</Level1>
			<Level2>of dates and times</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Date</Level1>
			<Level2>format</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Time</Level1>
			<Level2>format</Level2>
		</Keyword>
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	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>The date format and time formats are determined by:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Regional Settings Properties</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Window Control Panel</GUIRef>. Here you specify the style, the units separator, and so on.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The date format defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv4580m000" role="session">Date Formats (ttadv4580m000)</GUIRef> session. Here you specify, for example, whether you use week numbers and month numbers.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The time format defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/adv/ttadv4586m000" role="session">Time Formats (ttadv4586m000)</GUIRef> session. Here you specify, for example, whether you use a 12 hour format or a 24 hour format.</ListItem>
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		<List><ListIntro>The following rules apply:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>The separators specified in <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Regional Settings Properties</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Window Control Panel</GUIRef> are used to display dates and times. The separators for dates and times that you selected in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Enterprise Server</GUIRef> are not used.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>If day names and month names instead of numbers are specified for the SSA ERP date format, dates are displayed according to the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Long Date Style</GUIRef> set up in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Regional Settings Properties</GUIRef> in Windows.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>If a SSA ERP format is used that includes week numbers, a default format (without week numbers) is used instead because the Windows date formats do not support week numbers.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>If a SSA ERP format is used that includes day numbers in weeks or in years, the day numbers are converted to day numbers in months.</ListItem>
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	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000008" role="manual">To enter a date</Link>
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