Country default

The country default sets date, time, week start day, and number conventions based on geographic regions where you might use your companion. For example, in the United Kingdom, time often is expressed using a 24-hour clock. In the United States, time is expressed using a 12-hour clock with an AM or PM suffix.

All your companion applications use the Country default settings. You can, however, customize your own preferences. See the “Time, date, week start, and numbers formats” section later in this chapter.

To set the country default:

1. Tap the country name pick list.

2. Tap the setting you want to use.

Time, date, week start, and numbers formats

The Time setting defines the format for the time of day. The time format that you select appears in all applications on your companion.

To select the time, date, week start, and numbers format:

1.Tap the Time pick list and select a format.

2.Tap the Date pick list and select a format.

3.Tap the Week starts pick list, and select whether you want the first day of the week to be Sunday or Monday.

Note: This setting controls the Day, Week, and Month views in Date Book and all other aspects of your companion that display a calendar.

4.Tap the Numbers pick list, and select formats for the decimal point and thousands separator.

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