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have a text controls to capture time entry with format 'h:MM tt'

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2010-05-05 12:57:47
summa
Registered: Apr 25 2010
Posts: 24
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have a text controls to capture time entry with format 'h:MM tt'

Getting the 'value entered does not match the format of the field' error
while entering - eg '08'

How to be able to enter time like 08:05 AM or 12:45 PM etc.

What format the text box needs to be.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.3.1, Windows
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2010-05-05 13:30:40
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
Time and date strings are very special character strings, so you may need to enter enough of string data to allow Acrobat/Reader figure out what you are entering. If you only enter '8' is it 8 minutes after Midnight, Noon or is it 8:00 am or 8:00 pm?

You can enter "08:05", "8:05", "08:05 AM", "08:05 am", "8:05 am", or "8:05 AM". No tabs no carriage returns, just the characters and no quotation marks. Now time after Noon can be entered in military time or you need to specify the 'pm' meridian identifier text.

George Kaiser

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2010-05-05 13:37:02
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summa
Registered: Apr 25 2010
Posts: 24
The format selected for the text control is h:MM tt. Does not allow me to input any numbers or type anything like ':' after 08.
Allows me only 2 characters like '08' or '8:' does not let me enter the entire time in hours and minutes am/pm
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2010-05-05 14:48:22
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gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4308
On the "Options" tab have selected and set the 'Limit of ___ characters" option?

If so, please unselect that option.

George Kaiser

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2010-05-06 06:41:26
#4
summa
Registered: Apr 25 2010
Posts: 24
Thanks that worked.
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