
                         Time zone look up feature:

This  program now has a feature to lookup and display the time zone of your 
patient record.  It bases its logic on the area code you enter. 

The time zones for all phone numbers in the U.S.A. or Canada are calculated 
and displayed.  Internally, the program maintains this time zone phrasing:


Time          Definition of time zone:
Zone:

PST     =    Pacific Standard Time
MST     =    Mountain Standard Time
CST     =    Central Standard Time
EST     =    Eastern Standard Time
AST     =    Atlantic Standard Time
WATS    =    Wide Area Telephone Service 
              [800 Service]                                                       
Hawaii  =    Area code 808
Alaska  =    Area code 907
Other   =    Area code 809
              [Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, 
                 and the Caribbean Islands.]
                                                                           
In  those cases where one area code contains two time  zones,  the  program 
will display it accordingly, such as:

             Nebraska Plumbing, 10:30 AM  [402/CST,MST:U.S.A.]          



This information is displayed in five locations:

                            Patient Add screen
                            Patient Get screen
                            Activity Get screen
                            Callback Data Sheet 
                  Greeting screen, prior entering program


The  initial Greeting screen,  for example,  would display this information 
while in the test data, with the system date set to 1-3-86:

                                                                           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Today's Appointments are :                       |
                  Accounting & Tax Service  [214/CST:U.S.A.]               |
                     Addmaster/Marchant  [818/PST:U.S.A.]                  |
                  Micro Distribution Center  [214/CST:U.S.A.]              |
              Texas Commerce Plumbing, 10:30 AM  [214/CST:U.S.A.]          |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

     
                    U.S.A. TIME_ZONE / AREA_CODE data:

TIME_ZONE  AREA_CODE         TIME_ZONE  AREA_CODE      TIME_ZONE  AREA_CODE
           
EST          201              CST          507            CST          816  
EST          202              EST          508            CST          817  
EST          203              PST          509            PST          818  
CST          205              CST          512            CST          901  
PST          206              EST          513            CST,EST      904  
EST          207              CST          515            CST,EST      906  
MST,PST      208              EST          516            Alaska       907  
PST          209              EST          517            EST          912  
EST          212              EST          518            CST,MST      913  
PST          213              CST          601            EST          914  
CST          214              MST          602            CST,MST      915  
EST          215              EST          603            PST          916  
EST          216              CST,MST      605            CST          918  
CST          217              EST          606            EST          919  
CST          218              EST          607                              
CST,EST      219              CST          608          
EST          301              EST          609          
EST          302              CST          612          
MST          303              EST          614          
EST          304              CST,EST      615          
EST          305              EST          616          
MST          307              EST          617          
CST,MST      308              CST          618          
CST          309              PST          619          
CST          312              CST,MST      701          
EST          313              PST          702          
CST          314              EST          703          
EST          315              EST          704          
CST,MST      316              PST          707          
EST          317              CST          708          
CST          318              CST          712          
CST          319              CST          713          
EST          401              PST          714          
CST,MST      402              CST          715          
EST          404              EST          716          
CST          405              EST          717          
MST          406              EST          718          
EST          407              MST          719          
PST          408              WATS         800          
CST          409              MST          801          
EST          412              EST          802          
EST          413              EST          803          
CST          414              EST          804          
PST          415              PST          805          
CST          417              CST          806          
EST          419              Hawaii       808          
CST          501              Other        809          
CST,EST      502              CST,EST      812          
MST,PST      503              EST          813          
CST          504              EST          814          
MST          505              CST          815          
                                                    
     
                    Canada TIME_ZONE / AREA_CODE data:

TIME_ZONE  AREA_CODE 


CST        204
MST,CST    306
MST        403
EST        416
EST        418
AST        506
EST        514
EST        519
PST        604
EST        613
EST        705
AST        709
CST,EST    807
EST        819
                             
                                      


Another  example of how the program will display this data can be  observed 
in this screen fragment from the Callback Data Sheet, found in the Callback 
section of the Activity menu:



                                                                           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                           |
          -- Callback Data Sheet for Friday, January 3, 1986 --            |
              Mr. John D. Cauble, Jr. [Salutation = John D.]               |
                    (214)357-5454   [214/CST:U.S.A.]                       |
                                                                           |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     
                                      
                                   


                          AM/PM Conventions used:

On  those  activity records where you enter a callback date and  time,  the 
program uses this generally accepted convention in performing its  indexing 
and searching:


Definition of AM:
         
                      Midnight

Hour [12 hour clock]   12:00  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 

Hour [24 hour clock]   00:00  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 




Definition of PM:
                       Noon:
                 
Hour [12 hour clock]   12:00  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 

Hour [24 hour clock]   12:00  13 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 21 22 23



If,  for example, you wish to establish a callback time of 15 minutes after 
midnight, you would enter this time:

                                 12:15  AM


Intuitively,  one  might  think  to enter "00:15",  though  this  would  be 
incorrect.

Another  example  would  be  in  the instance where you  wish  to  make  an 
appointment at 30 minutes after a noon lunch.  You would then enter:

                                 12:30 PM



As you create activities, you enter the callback times, if any, in an AM/PM 
form.   By  default,  all reports will then be printed out in this  format.  
If, however, you want the reports to display the callback time in a 24 hour 
format, then go to this menu:

                           Other Custom Options:


                               ==============
                               |  OPTION C: |
                               ==============

                          "C)  AM/PM conversion"


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