When entering dates in Ivo there are a variety of shortcuts you can use.
Basic shortcuts
| Shortcut | Description |
| t | Today's date |
| t +/- number | Today's date, plus or minus a number of dates. For example, if today's date is 6-Jul-2019 then "t-3" will give a date of "3-Jul-2019" |
| t number | Today plus number. If today's date is 6-Jul-2019 then "t1" will give a date of "7-Jul-2019" |
| y | Yesterday |
| tm | Tomorrow |
Advanced shortcuts
| First Letter | Second Letter | Third Letter | |||
| s | Start of | l (L) | Last | w | Week |
| e | End of | t | This | m | Month |
| n | Next | q | Quarter | ||
| h | Half year | ||||
| c, y | Calendar year | ||||
| f | Financial year |
Examples
| slm | Start of Last Month |
| elf | End of Last Financial year |
| snf | Start of Next Financial year |
The advanced shortcuts are most useful when entering date ranges for queries and reports.
The shortcuts can be entered in either lower or upper case.