Edit Your Date and Time Preferences

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Edit Your Date and Time Preferences 

  • The Date and Time properties tool allows the user to change the system date and time, configuring the time zone used by the system, to synchronize the system clock with a time server.
  • OctopusPro allows you to set a date and time for your business, to control the timezone within your company, between your admin users, fieldworkers, and customers. You can edit your date and time, and select the format that best suits your preference which will appear on your system, emails..etc
  • Your timezone options to select from will depend on the country you have selected when setting up your OctopusPro account, which can easily be edited on your company details setting page. 

To edit your date and time preferences:

  • From the admin user web view 
    1. Go to ‘Settings’.
    2. Select ‘General Settings’.
    3. Click ‘Date & Time Configuration’.

  • You will be redirected to the ‘Date & Time’ configuration page, to set the date & time to your preference, by editing the:
    1. Time Zone
    2. Date format
    3. Time format
    4. Then click ‘Save’ to update your adjustments.

  • Time zone: To edit the date & time, select your time zone from the dropdown menu below.
  1. Note that: Your time zone options in the dropdown menu depend on the country you have selected when setting up your account.
  2. To edit the country in your company details, go to Settings > Company Settings > Business Details 

  • Date format: You can select the format of the date which will be visible in the system from the dropdown menu options below.
    1. Full: This format option will view the full date, including the day of the week, the day of the month, the month in full characters, and the current year.
    2. Long: This format option will view the date only including the day of the month, the month in full characters, and the current year.
    3. Medium: This format option will view a short date, including the day of the month, the month in abbreviation, and the current year.

  • Time format: You can select the format of the time which will be visible in the system from the dropdown menu options below.
    1. Medium 24h: This will view time in a 24-hour format showing hours, minutes, and seconds
    2. Short 24h: This will view time in 24h format showing hours and  minutes 
    3. Medium: This will view time in 12h format showing hours, minutes, and seconds 
    4. Short: This will view time in 12h format showing hours, minutes

For example:

  • if you select full date format and short time format,  when creating a new booking it will appear as follows.

  • If you select long date format and short time format, when viewing your invoices it will appear as follows

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