Re: Format of $Date doesn't match documentation

On Tue,  9 Mar 2004 10:52:31 -0500 (EST)
"Charles L Flatt" <charles@softwaremeadows.com> wrote:

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> Version: 8.3 and 8.2+
> Platform: Windows 2000 and XP
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> First, thanks for the $Date feature. It really helps with documentation.
> However, the documented date format is not what I get. According to the
> release notes:
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> "The format of the inserted date is like this: $Date: 2004/03/05 16:13:05 $"
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> But on Windows 2000 and Windows XP machines (the only systems I've tried),
> the format is this:
> $Date: Tuesday 09 March 2004 - 10:39:10$
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> Is this due to an Amaya setting I've missed? Or the Windows locale? If the
> latter, it's not practical to change it for most users. It would be nice, of
> course, to be able to set the format, but having the documented format would
> help save space.

It depends of the locale, but you can also control the output format
with a Amaya configuration variable.
There is not a menu entry in the current version to change this variable, but
you can set it in your $AmayaHome\thot.rc file.

ISO_DATE=Yes (default value) generates "%A %d %B %Y - %H:%M:%S"
  %A = The full weekday name according to the current locale.
  %d = The day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31).
  %B = The full month name according to the current locale.
  %Y = The year as a decimal number including the century.
  %H = The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23).
  %M = The minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).
  %S = The second as a decimal number (range 00 to 61).

ISO_DATE=No generates "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
  %Y = The year as a decimal number including the century.
  %m = The month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12).
  %d = The day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31).
  %H = The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23).
  %M = The minute as a decimal number (range 00 to 59).
  %S = The second as a decimal number (range 00 to 61).
Did you suggest to change this second format?

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> I'd also like to recommend an second method for setting the modified date.
> Allow the user to enclose the $date tags in comments, like so:
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> <!--$Date:--><!--$-->
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> Upon updating, the html is like this:
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> <!--$Date:-->2004/03/05 16:13:05<!--$-->
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> This way, only the date/time is shown in the document, allowing a cleaner
> presentation.

That's a good idea.
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> Charles L Flatt
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