Here are few quick and easy tips for keyboard lovers when it comes to dates inside Dynamics GP.

  1. On a date fields, the + and - keys on your keyboard will increment the date forward or backwards.
  2. Dates can be entered according to the computer's date format without the year and without the slashes.  If the date format is MM/DD/YYYY, to enter October 8th, typing 1008 will result in the date 10/08/2010, because it knows it is 2010 today.
  3. The User Date field will show the same format as the computer date format (on the primary Dynamics GP window for versions GP9 and prior and on the upper right corner of every window in GP10 and newer).  The User Date is displayed in MM/DD or DD/YY format of the computer and is an easy way to remember!