====== How To: Add a Date / Time to the Page ======
This procedure demonstrates adding a dynamic date / time to the page, positioning it, and removing unwanted objects to customize the page layout.
===== Adding the Date / Time =====
  - Enable **Edit Mode** (if not already active) to allow modification of the page layout.
  - On the Object Design menu tap the **Add** icon {{:ui:ui-icon_add-white_on_black.webp?direct&20}}.
  - In the Graphic dialog select **Text** from the Add dialog.
    - In the Action on Tap dialog, select **Default**
    - The default **Text object** is placed on the screen, enclosed in a bounding box indicating it is selected.
  - While the Text object is highlighted, from the Object Design Menu (top) select Options icon (gear)
  - In the Object Options Edit dialog, select **Text**
  - The Text format dialog opens, select **Date/Time** which causes the default **MMM d, yyyy** to be entered in the dialog's  input line.
    - Replace the default symbols with the characters desired to represent the day, month, date, 12/24 hour time, hour, minute, time zone. See the table below:
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​^  Grouping  ^  Symbol  ^  Presentation  ^  Description  ^
| Month | M | Month | Month in year (e.g., July; 07) |
| | L | Month | Standalone month in year |
| Date | d | Number | Day in month |
| | E | Text | Day name in week (e.g., Tuesday) |
| | u | Number | Day number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday) |
| Year | y | Year | Year (e.g., 1996; 96) |
| | Y | Year | Week year |
| Time: 24/12hr | H | Number | Hour in day (0-23) |
| | k | Number | Hour in day (1-24) |
| | K | Number | Hour in am/pm (0-11) |
| | h | Number | Hour in am/pm (1-12) |
| Minute | m | Number | Minute in hour |
| Second | s | Number | Second in minute |
| | S | Number | Millisecond |
| AM/PM | a | Text | Am/pm marker |
| Time Zone | z | General time zone | Pacific Standard Time; PST |
| | Z | RFC 822 time zone | -0800 |
| | X | ISO 8601 time zone | -08; -0800; Z |

  ***​Pattern Examples**

​  * To achieve the format Thursday - April 9, 2026 GMT, you would use the following patterns:
​  - Standard Long Form: EEEE - MMMM d, yyyy z
​  - Abreviated Form: E - MMM d, yyyy z
​
  ***Data Source**

  * ​For the full list of symbols, including week-in-month, era markers, and specific localization behavior, please refer to the official documentation:
    * ​[[https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html|Android Developer Reference: SimpleDateFormat]])) to change the default to the time and or date format desired.
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  - Select OK to save and return to the page with the object highlighted.
  - Drag the date and/or tije to the desired location on the page.
  - **Optional:** Resize the shortcut by dragging the handles located on the corners of the bounding box.

===== Removing an Existing Object =====
  - Select the object to be removed by tap and hold it.
  - Select the **Delete** icon {{:ui:ui-icon_delete.webp?direct&20}} from the Object Design menu.
    - Confirm the action in the **Remove selections?** dialog.
  - The object is removed from the page, leaving the space available for the new shortcut.

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