Niceworkaround, Chris!
OnSat, 26 Dec 2009 23:21:07 -0200
christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote:
> what about
>
> [grepsearch= 0&replace= ]
> [Format Days_To_Date %A, %B %d,
>%Y][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/Format]
>[/grep]
>
> - chris
>
> On Dec 26, 2009, at 23:02, Terry Wilson wrote:
>
>>You guys are missing the point. I'm talking about
>>formatting a date field such as
>>
>>[Format Days_To_Date %A, %B %d,
>>%Y][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/Format]
>>
>> Currently,something like the above looks like
>>
>> Friday, January 01, 2010 -- ugly! So I have to do this
>>to get January 1, 2010
>>
>> [format days_to_date
>>%A][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format],[format
>>days_to_date %b][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format]
>>[math][format days_to_date
>>%d][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format][/math], [format
>>days_to_date%Y][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format]
>>
>> (It performs math on the day portion to turn it into an
>>integer.)
>>
>> I display dates all the time on web pages, and it just
>>looksawful to show a leading zero in a written out date.
>>Customers also complain about it, they reallydo.
>>
>> This what is currently available:
>>
>> %a....: Abbreviated weekday name"Wed"
>> %A....: Full weekday name "Wednesday"
>> %b....: Abbreviated month name "Feb"
>>%B....: Full month name "February"
>> %c....: Date and time "Wed Sep 19 18:24:21 2010"
>> %d....: Dayof month 01-31
>> %H....: Hour 00-23
>> %I....: Hour 01-12
>> %j....: Day of year001-365
>> %m....: Month 01-12
>> %M....: Minute 00-59
>> %p....: AM or PM
>>%S....: Seconds 00-59
>> %U....: Week # of year, Sunday first day of week
>> %w....: Weekday 0(Sunday) - 6 (Saturday)
>> %W....: Week # of year, Monday first day of week
>> %x....: Date as Sep 112008
>> %X....: Time as 14:01:12
>> %y....: Year without century 00-99
>> %Y....: Year withcentury 1900-2199
>> %z....: offset of server
>> %Z....: Time zone of server
>> %%....:%
>>
>> I propose adding %j for day of month without leading 0.
>>PHP also has one for themonth without the leading zero
>>and a bunch of other formats, like the number of days in
>>a month.It would great to add all these formats present
>>in php to bring WebDNA up to parity with php.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>> Better yet, write a function and call it date. That
>>>will overwrite
>>> the native method within pages using that function.
>>> Plusthere's one
>>> less keyword to remember.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Donovan Brooke
>>><dbrooke@webdna.us>wrote:
>>>> Terry Wilson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> How about a date formatthat does not have the leading
>>>>>zero? i.e., like d,
>>>>> but without thezeroes, like the j in php. Currently I
>>>>>jump through hoops
>>>>> splitting thedate up and using [math] to make this
>>>>>happen.
>>>>>
>>>>>Terry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> you could write a function, then callthat..
>>>>
>>>> [cleandate [date]]
>>>>
>>>>Donovan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>Donovan Brooke
>>>> WebDNA Software Corporation
>>>> http://www.webdna.us
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>>
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Niceworkaround, Chris!
OnSat, 26 Dec 2009 23:21:07 -0200
christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote:
> what about
>
> [grepsearch= 0&replace= ]
> [Format Days_To_Date %A, %B %d,
>%Y][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/Format]
>[/grep]
>
> - chris
>
> On Dec 26, 2009, at 23:02, Terry Wilson wrote:
>
>>You guys are missing the point. I'm talking about
>>formatting a date field such as
>>
>>[Format Days_To_Date %A, %B %d,
>>%Y][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/Format]
>>
>> Currently,something like the above looks like
>>
>> Friday, January 01, 2010 -- ugly! So I have to do this
>>to get January 1, 2010
>>
>> [format days_to_date
>>%A][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format],[format
>>days_to_date %b][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format]
>>[math][format days_to_date
>>%d][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format][/math], [format
>>days_to_date%Y][math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format]
>>
>> (It performs math on the day portion to turn it into an
>>integer.)
>>
>> I display dates all the time on web pages, and it just
>>looksawful to show a leading zero in a written out date.
>>Customers also complain about it, they reallydo.
>>
>> This what is currently available:
>>
>> %a....: Abbreviated weekday name"Wed"
>> %A....: Full weekday name "Wednesday"
>> %b....: Abbreviated month name "Feb"
>>%B....: Full month name "February"
>> %c....: Date and time "Wed Sep 19 18:24:21 2010"
>> %d....: Dayof month 01-31
>> %H....: Hour 00-23
>> %I....: Hour 01-12
>> %j....: Day of year001-365
>> %m....: Month 01-12
>> %M....: Minute 00-59
>> %p....: AM or PM
>>%S....: Seconds 00-59
>> %U....: Week # of year, Sunday first day of week
>> %w....: Weekday 0(Sunday) - 6 (Saturday)
>> %W....: Week # of year, Monday first day of week
>> %x....: Date as Sep 112008
>> %X....: Time as 14:01:12
>> %y....: Year without century 00-99
>> %Y....: Year withcentury 1900-2199
>> %z....: offset of server
>> %Z....: Time zone of server
>> %%....:%
>>
>> I propose adding %j for day of month without leading 0.
>>PHP also has one for themonth without the leading zero
>>and a bunch of other formats, like the number of days in
>>a month.It would great to add all these formats present
>>in php to bring WebDNA up to parity with php.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>> Better yet, write a function and call it date. That
>>>will overwrite
>>> the native method within pages using that function.
>>> Plusthere's one
>>> less keyword to remember.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Donovan Brooke
>>><dbrooke@webdna.us>wrote:
>>>> Terry Wilson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> How about a date formatthat does not have the leading
>>>>>zero? i.e., like d,
>>>>> but without thezeroes, like the j in php. Currently I
>>>>>jump through hoops
>>>>> splitting thedate up and using [math] to make this
>>>>>happen.
>>>>>
>>>>>Terry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> you could write a function, then callthat..
>>>>
>>>> [cleandate [date]]
>>>>
>>>>Donovan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>Donovan Brooke
>>>> WebDNA Software Corporation
>>>> http://www.webdna.us
>>>>**[Square Bracket Utopia]**
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>>
>> --
>> Terry Wilson | terry@terryfic.com | http://terryfic.com
>> http://WhosComing.com -a simplified, affordable online
>>reservation system
>> http://TightJacket.com -- stylish protectionfor your
>>laptop
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Attitude is the only difference between ordeal and
>>adventure.
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