Information on formats and field typesThe following considerations are specific to certain types.Date, time, and number formatsYou can control how dates, times, and numbers are formatted when you export data, or how they are interpreted when you import data. The default formats are determined by the Windows™ Regional Settings as set on your computer, if the default formats are unsuitable then you can configure the formats to use.Time zonesIf you want to import records that containing time zones from external data sources, or search for time zones, then you need to represent each time zone by the appropriate code. For example, in the import file, the time zone (GMT+00:00) Greenwich Mean Time: Edinburgh, London must be represented by 32.Pictures and documentsA data source such as a text file can include references to picture and document files. You can also import pictures and documents directly.Parent topic: Assigning fields to data
