FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

4-24 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
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Finding numbers, dates, and times
To find Type this in the field Example
A number in a number field
or calculation field that
produces a numeric result
A Boolean number in a
number field or calculation
field that produces a Boolean
result
A date in a date field or
calculation field that
produces a date result
Today’s date in a date field or
calculation field that
produces a date result
A time in a time field or
calculation field that
produces a time result
The number, in the format
used when the file was
created (unless Use System
Formats is chosen)
The value you’re using for
the field
The date as digits, separated
by a nonnumeric character, in
the format used when the file
was created (unless Use
System Formats is chosen)
.50 finds .50, $.50, and 50%
Y, y, t, and T find Yes
1 finds 1
F, f, n, and N find False
3/3/98 finds 3/3/98,
March 3, 1998, and
3/3/1998
// // finds April 4, 1998 (when
the current date is
4/4/98)
The time as digits, separated
by colons, in the format used
when the file was created
(unless Use System Formats is
chosen)
12:53:09 finds 12:53:09
Note For information about system formats, see appendix B, “Working
with international files.”
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E data, finding