Lets you define the patterns that should be used for the $date$ and $time$ expressions (see the section called "Local variables").

Figure 2.24. Environment Date & Time settings page

For a detailed description, the list of available patterns and further examples, please refer to the Javadoc for the java.text.SimpleDateFormat class.

Date pattern

Lets you define the pattern that is used for the $date$ variable expression (see Local variables).

The default pattern is M/d/yy which translates to something like 12/24/98.

Since 1.2

Time pattern

Lets you define the pattern that is used for the $time$ variable expression (see Local variables).

The default pattern is h:mm a which translates to something like 02:56 PM.

Since 1.2