# Formatting issue in annotate time

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/formatting-issue-in-annotate-time/9777
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 9, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/formatting-issue-in-annotate-time/9777 "2022-06-09T21:29:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Anand\_Jebakumar](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/anand_jebakumar/32/9283_2.png) [@Anand\_Jebakumar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Anand_Jebakumar)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/formatting-issue-in-annotate-time/9777/1 "2022-06-09T21:29:08Z")

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I am trying to format how time is shown in annotate time. When I have %f, time is shown:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3b62e7125add9c886b7a858a7f3eac3762acf877.png)

When I have %2.0f, it doesn’t appear

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c8e07a177c8d4076e3dd994e8bd8d0419e9707ee.png)

Any thoughts on why this happens/how to fix this?

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/formatting-issue-in-annotate-time/9777/2 "2022-06-09T22:47:55Z")

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In ParaView 5.10.x, your **Format** should be `Time: {time:2.0f} µs`.

In ParaView 5.9.x or before, your **Format** should be `Time: %2.0f µs`.

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### Author: ![Anand\_Jebakumar](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/anand_jebakumar/32/9283_2.png) [@Anand\_Jebakumar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Anand_Jebakumar)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/formatting-issue-in-annotate-time/9777/3 "2022-06-10T01:09:38Z")

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That works, thanks so much!

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/formatting-issue-in-annotate-time/9777/4 "2023-01-11T08:17:11Z")

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2 posts were split to a new topic: [NETCDF Annotate Time Issue](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/netcdf-annotate-time-issue/11152)