The following table lists all of the guidance points in order.
Click on a guidance ID to find it in the guide.
| ID |
Guideline |
Compliance |
| D+Ta-0002 |
Display the month textually, not numerically
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0003 |
Display the month with only the first letter in capitals
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0004 |
Display the year value numerically using four digits
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0005 |
Align dates when displaying dates in a vertical column, such as in a table
|
Recommended |
| D+Ta-0006 |
Display dates using the short date format in all instances of clinical usage
affecting patient treatment, including patient identification
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0007 |
Display the month as a three letter abbreviation: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul,
Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec, with May being displayed in full
| Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0008 |
When displaying the month, do not include any punctuation, such as a full stop
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0009 |
Use a single hyphen to separate the day and month, and the month and year
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0010 |
When using the short date format, ignore the user's regional settings
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0011 |
Use the long date format when communicating with the patient
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0012 |
Display the month name in full
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0013 |
Use a single whitespace to separate the day and month, and the month and year
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0014 |
When using the long date format, follow the user's default regional
settings ignoring any changes made by the user to these default settings
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0015 |
Use the long date format when interacting with screen readers
|
Recommended |
| D+Ta-0016 |
When displaying the day of the week, use one of the following abbreviations:
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun
|
Recommended |
| D+Ta-0017 |
Displaying the day of the week is optional, but when displayed, it must be
placed immediately before the day value, with a single space separating the
permitted abbreviated form of the day, from the day value
|
Recommended |
| D+Ta-0018 |
Display the day value using two digits (values less than 10 should appear
with a zero in the first position)
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0019 |
Display the day value using two digits (values less than 10 should appear
with a zero in the first position, unless the day value is displayed in
ordinal form)
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0020 |
When displaying the day value as an ordinal number, the suffix used must be
one of the following: st, nd, rd, th
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0021 |
When displaying the day value as an ordinal number, the two-letter suffix must
be displayed in lower case and as a superscript immediately after the number
|
Mandatory |
| D+Ta-0022 |
Display null date using an appropriate value (for example 'Unknown'
or 'Not recorded')
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0001 |
Display time using the 24-hour clock only
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0002 |
Display an exact time as HH:mm
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0003 |
Display hours using two digits (values less than 10 should appear with a
zero in the first position)
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0004 |
Display minutes using two digits (values less than 10 should appear with a
zero in the first position)
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0005 |
Display seconds as two digits (values less than 10 should appear with a
zero in the first position)
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0006 |
Separate the hours and minutes with a colon
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0007 |
Separate the minutes and seconds with a colon
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0008 |
Separate date and time values with a white space
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0009 |
Display midnight as 00:00
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0010 |
Display the last minute in the day as 23:59
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0011 |
Display null times using an appropriate value, for example,
'Unknown' and 'Not recorded'
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0012 |
Display seconds only if required
|
Recommended |
| D+Tb-0013 |
Display time ranges as two adjacent time displays, each identified by a
contextually appropriate label, such as 'From' and 'To'
|
Recommended |
| D+Tb-0014 |
Precede the display of an approximate time value with the word 'Approx'
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0015 |
Display the time value using the guidance for exact time
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0016 |
Leave a white space between the 'Approx' and the HH element of the time display
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0017 |
Display durations using years, months, weeks, days, hours minutes and seconds,
as appropriate
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0018 |
Use whole numbers for time duration, for example, 1, 5 and 60. Do not use
decimals or fractions, for example, 0.5, 1.5, ¾
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0026 |
Omit zero-valued units from the display
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0027 |
Display duration values and their respective units as pairs,
with no intervening whitespace between the value and unit
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0028 |
Use a white space as the separator when displaying a duration
composed of more than one unit
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0029 |
Display time duration units in decreasing order of significance
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0030 |
Precede the display of an approximate duration value with the word 'Approx'
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0031 |
Leave a white space between the 'Approx' and the first element of an
approximate duration value
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0032 |
Provide indication to the user that the 24-hour clock is in use
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0033 |
Ensure that the following minimal set of duration unit abbreviations is supported:
y for years, m for months, w for weeks, d for days, hr for hours, min for
minutes and sec for seconds
|
Mandatory |
| D+Tb-0034 |
Allow the set of duration unit abbreviations to be extended appropriately,
for example, 'hrs' as well as 'hr'. Ensure that any additions are unique
within the entire set
|
Recommended |