Formats Properties
The following table describes the properties that control the appearance of data for storage or display.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Date | Dates throughout BlockBuster can be displayed in many styles. Choose the one that you want from the list. It is better to use one of the date styles that shows all four digits of the year instead of just two for added clarity. |
| Distance | Unit of measure for distances displayed and how they are measured in the software, such as kilometers, meters or miles. |
| Long Address | This property and the Short Address properties allow you to customize the address display in Trapeze5 screens. You can execute the template that tells the system what address fields to show and in what order. The long address format is typically used to display full addresses. |
| Short Address | Used when there is limited room on the screen or when address string is combined with other details. |
| Show Currency | If set to Yes, the system displays the currency symbol in the fields showing money values. |
| Speed | Speed value used in the system. The drop-down menu offers kilometers per hour (kph), miles per hour (mph), and meters per second (mps). |
| Time |
Unit of time displayed in the software (in varying combinations of hours, minutes, and seconds). Since most transit sites do not end their day at midnight, time is usually set as HH:MMapx. Apx refers to am/pm/after hours, which allows time to exceed a 24 hour clock. Military time (HH:MM) also accepts times past 24:00 hours. The latest recommended time is 35:59h or 11:59x. |
| Time Span | Span between two times can be displayed in different ways. The default is HHhMM (for example, 3h15). |
| Weekdays | Format used to display active and inactive days of the week. Each number represents a day of the week. In each format, zero (0) indicates an inactive day. |
| YY Pivot Year | Helps the system determine the century that should be applied when only two (2) digits are typed into a date field. For instance, using the year 1950 as the default, if you type the number “55” for the year, the system uses the offset to determine the century that is implied. In this case, the system interprets the full date as 1955. If, however, you typed “49” for the year, the system interprets the full date as 2049. But, if you type “1949”, then 1949 is used in the date input. |