Date Customize fields
Minimum
In the Minimum field, type the lower limit for the range of values that will be accepted as valid.
Maximum
In the Maximum field, type the upper limit for the range of values that will be accepted as valid.
Date separator
In the Date separator field, specify what separator you want to appear between day, month, and year:
Show separator
Specify that you want a symbol inserted to separate the day, month and year.
Separator
Type the character to use as the date separator. If you do not specify a separator, VA Smalltalk uses a hyphen (-).
Show all year digits
Select Show all year digits to have the year displayed in four digits. A four-digit display will occur whether all four digits of the year are entered or only the last two digits of the year are entered.
Note:
If only two digits are entered, for decades with a numeric value of less than 80, the prefix supplied will be 20. For decades entered with a numeric value of 80 and above, the prefix supplied will be 19.
Format
Under Format, select one of the following formats:
DMY
Select DMY to specify that an entered date will be displayed in the style of day, month, and year.
For example, February 9th, 1964 might be displayed in the following ways (depending upon other options):
9/2/64
9-2-1964
MDY
Select MDY to specify that an entered date will be displayed in the style of month, day, and year.
For example, February 9th, 1964 might be displayed in the following ways (depending upon other options):
2/9/64
2-9-1964
YMD
Select YMD to specify that an entered date will be displayed in the style of year, month, and day.
For example, February 3rd, 1968 might be displayed in the following ways (depending upon other options):
68/239
1968-2-3
Default value
Under Default value, select one of the following the default values to use if the field does not receive a value at run time:
Current date
Set the default date to the current system date at run time.
Constant date
Set the default to the value specified in the adjacent field.
None
No default value is provided.
Note:
For a part that receives direct user input (such as a text entry field), the value specified in the Default field is used only if a user interacts with the field but leaves it empty. If the field never receives input focus, its value remains nil.
Preview
Use the Preview fields to preview how the current settings values affect the object that will be created based on the input value. The area to the right of the text entry field shows how the text in that field is converted into the appropriate data type based upon the current settings.
If the displayed value is wider than the display area, use the 
or 
button to scroll the contents.
or button to scroll the contents. Last modified date: 08/17/2018