ESL supports validation for dates and times in entry fields based on the preferred local format specified by a user for his or her system. ESL can validate that a date or time has been entered in the local format and, additionally, can validate that the date or time falls within a particular range of dates or times.

For example, using the sample code in the following code segment, when a date in the DateRange_EF entry field is validated, the date is accepted only if it is entered in the local format and falls in the range 01/12/94 to 31/21/94. Note that the date format "ddmmyy" specifies the format for the range specification. It does not specify the format for accepted dates.

enabled visible entry field DateRange_EF 

 size 50 10 

 at position 100 50 in DialogBox1_DB 

 validation is sysdate ddmmyy "/" 

         range is "01/12/94" "31/12/94" 

See the entry field definition for specification of the sysdate and systime syntax to use when validating dates and times in local format.