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Date Picker Options

The Date Picker style allows you to add a calendar icon to a field on a Profile screen. Users can click the icon to open a calendar that they can use to select a date. The selected date is stored in the profile attribute that is associated with the field. For example, you could add the calendar control to a Start Date field on the Profile tab for a Create Contractor task. When an administrator selects the first day of the contract, Identity Manager stores that date in the user's profile.

The Date Picker style has the following configuration settings:

• Date Display Pattern

  Determines the format of dates displayed in a field and in the Date Picker control. Specify the date display pattern using Java conventions. For example, the following Java expression is displayed as Oct 2007:

  MMM yyyy

  For more information about Java date formats, see the documentation for the Java™ 2 Platform Std. Ed. v1.4.2 at the Sun website (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs). Search for SimpleDateFormat.

  The Date Display Pattern field appears only when the Date Picker style is selected.

  Note: The Date Display pattern is optional. We do not recommend specifying a date display pattern if the Environment is supporting multiple locales. If a display pattern is not specified, the date is displayed in a format appropriate for the locale of the user.

• Date Storage Pattern

  Determines how the date is stored in the user store. Specify the date pattern using Java conventions. (See the description of the Date Display Pattern for more information.)

• Show Time Picker

  Adds a clock control to a field on a Profile screen. Users can use this control to select a time. The time is stored in the user store.

• Time Picker Format

  Determines whether CA Identity Manager displays time in a 12 or 24 hour format.

  The time picker is an additional component of the date picker, which allows administrators to pick a date and time.

Note: The Date Storage Pattern, Show Time Picker, and Time Picker Format fields appear only when the attribute that you selected does not have the Date, ISODate, or UnicenterDate value type in the directory configuration file (directory.xml). For more information about value types, see the Configuration Guide.