Configuring Time Format Settings

For the data viewers that display date-time values, Message Analyzer utilizes the standard ISO format for consistency throughout the user interface (UI). For example, the same date-time format that displays in the Analysis Grid viewer will also display in the Pattern Match viewer, in addition to the Time Filter dialog in Live Trace Session results and in the Time Filter pane of a Data Retrieval Session. However, Message Analyzer enables you to change how time data displays by providing you with the option to show either the date and time, or the time only. Configuration settings for these formats are available from the following locations:

• Options dialog — this dialog is accessible from the global Message Analyzer Tools menu. The dialog exposes the Time Display pane on the Display tab, from where you can specify date and time configuration settings that include Show Date And Time and Show Time Only options, along with a Time Zone drop-down list that enables you to set your locale. Specifying the date and time configuration settings from this location has global scope that overrides any previously set configuration. Note that by default, your local time zone is automatically set in the Time Zone drop-down list when you start Message Analyzer and will remain that way until you manually change it.

• Analysis Grid Timestamp column context menu — right-click the Timestamp column header in the Analysis Grid viewer to display a context menu that enables you to toggle the date and time configuration settings between Show Time Only and Show Date and Time; note that the latter is the default. Only one of these commands will display at any time, depending on the current configuration setting. Setting one of these commands from the Timestamp column context menu also has global scope and overrides any previously set configuration.

You can set the time locale as the reference time zone for all Data Retrieval and Live Trace Sessions, to achieve a time zone perspective that enables you to view time information based on where your data was captured. This makes it convenient to analyze data based on the perspective of a particular time zone. Also, by setting the time configuration to Show Time Only, you can condense the time value display and recover some UI display space in the Timestamp column and other viewers.

See Also

Setting Message Analyzer Global Options