The Busy Person’s Guide to Formatting Dates in IconCMO

This post was last updated on February 20th, 2024 at 09:22 am.

Did you know there’s a nifty little shortcut that can be used when entering dates in IconCMO? It’s not new, but a lot of people don’t know about it.

Today’s date gets filled in by default. But when you are using a date other than the current one, it can sometimes be tedious to type the date in a MM/DD/YYYY format every single time.

Use this shortcut to enter dates into the correct format quickly and without difficulty:

If the date is in the current month, type date in a DD format like this and hit tab:

OR if the date is in another month, type the month and date in a MMDD format like this:

It automatically fills in the month, year, and slashes in the correct format:

 This shortcut works almost anywhere you have to type a date in the system:

• Membership (e.g. status date, birthday)
• Donations (e.g. batch date, giving date)
• Accounting (e.g. check writing, journal entries)
• Specifying date ranges on reports

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