SharePoint Calendars: Remove the time for calendar items

The ITS department created a new calendar dashboard and were delighted that they could finally discontinue the Outlook Public Folder Calendars that were previously in use. There was though one request that is completely understandable: “Please remove the ’12:00 AM and 11:59 PM’ values for the Start Time and End Time and instead just make it one column.” I will show you how I satified this request.

To explain the situation further here are some images to display the request:

To the left you see the Summary View of the calendar in a Web Part Zone on the Calendar dashboard. The Start Time and End Time both display the time in addition to the date. This is the default setting of the Events MOSS content type.

We do not want to alter the default content type because all other calendars that use it will be affected. The events to the left are all day events, therefore the times are not necessary. To show the correct single “Date” Column we will first need to create a Calculated column.

1. Enter your Calendar list and click Settings > List Settings
   
2. Beneath the Columns section click Create Column
   
   
3. Give the Column an appropriate name; for this example we will name it “Date.” Also, select the Calculated Column option button.
   
   
4. The formula we will use for this example displays the “End Time” column as text without the day time. This is achieved by specifying the specific text fields that will be displayed in the forumla below.
   
5. Return to the page where your Calendar Summary View webpart is displayed and modify the webpart…
   
   and Edit the Current View.
   
6. Uncheck the Start Time and End Time columns, Check the calculated column we just created (our example is named “Date”), and position it to your liking. Confirm the changes by clicking Ok.
7. Confirm the rest of your modifications and check in and publish the page. Please note this forumula will not work for reoccuring events.

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