Date field data entry

iMIS can automatically format and complete dates for you when entering customer data.

Note: Dates entered in the Fundraising history tab are not automatically completed or formatted.

Date formatting

In Customers > Manage customers, you can enter a date in a date field using any type of date separators (slashes, dashes, periods, or spaces) or no date separators.

Dates can be entered in numeric or alpha-numeric format (“03/01/09” or “March 1, 2009”).

When you enter unformatted dates in customer-related date fields, iMIS interprets and formats the dates according to your workstation's date format (configured on the Windows Control Panel).

Note: Workstation date settings take precedence over the iMIS Date Format setting in File > System Setup.

Date completion

If you enter an incomplete date, such as 0304, in a date field, iMIS completes the date by adding the current year to the end of the date.

If you enter only one or two digits of a date, such as 3, iMIS attempts to interpret those digits as a day in the current month. If the number is not a valid date for the current month, for example, 33, a message informs you that you must enter a valid date.