..  include:: /Includes.rst.txt
..  _columns-input-properties-format:

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format
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..  confval:: format
    :name: input-dbtype-format
    :Path: $GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['columns'][$field]['config']
    :type: string (keyword)
    :Scope: Display

    Set output format if field is set to readOnly. Read-only fields with :code:`format` set to "date"
    will be formatted as "date", "datetime" as "datetime" and "time" as "time".