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Date Field Format (CX)

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Changing a Field’s Date Format

Qtip: You cannot do this with Qualtrics date fields such as the Start Date and End Date in a survey; these are formatted automatically.
  1. Add a new Date field, or navigate to an existing Date field.
    Data mapper where a date field is highlighted and to the rightmost longest column it says not mapped in light gray
  2. Make sure it is mapped. If not, select where it says Not Mapped and select the corresponding field from your source.
  3. Click on the recode symbol.
    Recode symbol looks like a little blue icon with a white calendar
  4. Define which Format and Timezone apply to your data.
    Dropdowns on a new window for setting the format
  5. Click Add to add additional formats and timezones.
    Button below dropdown for Add, save in green bottom-right
  6. Click Save.
Qtip: The list of date formats is not all inclusive. If you are using a date format that is not in the list, you’ll need to create a custom date format by following the below steps.

Adding a Custom Date Format

  1. Add a new Date field, or navigate to an existing Date field.
    Data mapper where a date field is highlighted and to the rightmost longest column it says not mapped in light gray
  2. Make sure it is mapped. If not, select where it says Not Mapped and select the corresponding field from your source.
  3. Click on the recode symbol.
    Recode symbol looks like a little blue icon with a white calendar
  4. Select Custom.
    Custom at bottom of new window dropdown
  5. Enter in your own custom format.
    Field can now be typed in to set format
  6. Click Save when finished.

Date Format Syntax

To specify a custom format, please use the following symbolic syntax:

Symbol Meaning Presentation Examples
G era text AD
C century of era (>=0) number 20
Y year of era (>=0) year 1996
x weekyear year 1996
w week of weekyear number 27
e day of week number 2
E day of week text Tuesday; Tue
y year year 1996
D day of year number 189
M month of year month July; Jul; 07
d day of month number 10
a halfday of day text PM
K hour of halfday (0~11) number 0
h clockhour of halfday (1~12) number 12
H hour of day (0~23) number 0
k clockhour of day (1~24) number 24
m minute of hour number 30
s second of minute number 55
S fraction of second number 978
z time zone text Pacific Standard Time; PST
Z time zone offset/id zone –0800; –08:00; America/Los Angeles
, escape for text delimiter
‘ ‘ single quote literal ‘

 

For example, if you have date and time data in this format: Tue, 10–25–2015, 8:42pm should be presented in the date format field as E, MM–dd–yyyy, K:ma.

Timezones

The timezone of a date field is generally set to the timezone of your Qualtrics account. However, it is best practice to verify the correct timezone for the field you are adding.