Re: Date Time Oddness
1999
It keeps the original formatting.
interpreted = N
texte = > Ok...I'm searching the archives, and now I know that I need to use [Format > days_to_date %A]...to get outside the [date] field in my Orderfile.....but > this poses yet another problem. > > %A][Date][/format] target=_parent>
alt=CheckOut! border=0 align=absmiddle> > > Gives me Sunday, but it should be Monday... > > If I simply put [Date %A] on a page and go to it....it tells me Monday...as > it is Monday. So now what do I do??!?! I NEED the day of the week. > > > >>>Please search the archives for posts by me. The problem you are having is >>>using the [date] tag inside of a showcart command. This will not work as you >>>expect. I have written several emails about this and solutions. Please check >>>the archives. >>my last message wasn't very helpful, and the post I was referring to had the wrong subject line. Here, allow me to quote myself: ------ You've now been screwed by one of the bugs in WebCatalog The shopping cart file contains a field called date, and a field called time. if you use a [date] or [time] context in a page inside of a [orderfile] or a page being shown by via a showcart (or purchase) command, then you get the formatted time from the cart, instead of the current system time (which is formattable by you)[rant] This is a long standing bug, I advised PCS of it years ago, and they thought that fixing it would break too many peoples work, so they continue to carry this bit of ridiculousness forward. I sincerely hope they give up backwards compatibility on version 4 to fix longstanding bugs, and add features that can't be added otherwise. [/rant][fix] create a variable on the page before like [text show=f]thedate=[date %A %b %d][/text] and carry it forward to the next page. [/fix] ------hope this helps... Brian B. Burton BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department --------------------------------------------------------------- MMT Solutions - Specializing in Online Shopping Solutions 973-808-8644 http://www.safecommerce.comSarcasm is just one more service we offer.------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to
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alt=CheckOut! border=0 align=absmiddle> > > Gives me Sunday, but it should be Monday... > > If I simply put [Date %A] on a page and go to it....it tells me Monday...as > it is Monday. So now what do I do??!?! I NEED the day of the week. > > > >>>Please search the archives for posts by me. The problem you are having is >>>using the [date] tag inside of a showcart command. This will not work as you >>>expect. I have written several emails about this and solutions. Please check >>>the archives. >>my last message wasn't very helpful, and the post I was referring to had the wrong subject line. Here, allow me to quote myself: ------ You've now been screwed by one of the bugs in WebCatalog The shopping cart file contains a field called date, and a field called time. if you use a [date] or [time] context in a page inside of a [orderfile] or a page being shown by via a showcart (or purchase) command, then you get the formatted time from the cart, instead of the current system time (which is formattable by you)[rant] This is a long standing bug, I advised PCS of it years ago, and they thought that fixing it would break too many peoples work, so they continue to carry this bit of ridiculousness forward. I sincerely hope they give up backwards compatibility on version 4 to fix longstanding bugs, and add features that can't be added otherwise. [/rant][fix] create a variable on the page before like [text show=f]thedate=[date %A %b %d][/text] and carry it forward to the next page. [/fix] ------hope this helps... Brian B. Burton BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department --------------------------------------------------------------- MMT Solutions - Specializing in Online Shopping Solutions 973-808-8644 http://www.safecommerce.comSarcasm is just one more service we offer.------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server. To end your Mail problems go to DOWNLOAD WEBDNA NOW!
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