Re: [WebDNA] Feature requests - date format
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = 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 looks awful to show a leading zero in a written out date. Customers also complain about it, they really do. 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....: Day of month 01-31 %H....: Hour 00-23 %I....: Hour 01-12 %j....: Day of year 001-365 %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 11 2008 %X....: Time as 14:01:12 %y....: Year without century 00-99 %Y....: Year with century 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 the month 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. Plus there's one >less keyword to remember. > >Bill > >On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Donovan Brooke
wrote: >> Terry Wilson wrote: >>> >>> How about a date format that does not have the leading zero? i.e., like d, >>> but without the zeroes, like the j in php. Currently I jump through hoops >>> splitting the date up and using [math] to make this happen. >>> >>> Terry >> >> >> you could write a function, then call that.. >> >> [cleandate [date]] >> >> Donovan >> >> >> >> -- >> Donovan Brooke >> WebDNA Software Corporation >> http://www.webdna.us >> **[Square Bracket Utopia]** >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 >> >--------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 -- Terry Wilson | terry@terryfic.com | http://terryfic.com http://WhosComing.com - a simplified, affordable online reservation system http://TightJacket.com -- stylish protection for your laptop -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attitude is the only difference between ordeal and adventure.
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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 looks awful to show a leading zero in a written out date. Customers also complain about it, they really do. 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....: Day of month 01-31 %H....: Hour 00-23 %I....: Hour 01-12 %j....: Day of year 001-365 %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 11 2008 %X....: Time as 14:01:12 %y....: Year without century 00-99 %Y....: Year with century 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 the month 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. Plus there's one >less keyword to remember. > >Bill > >On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Donovan Brooke wrote: >> Terry Wilson wrote: >>> >>> How about a date format that does not have the leading zero? i.e., like d, >>> but without the zeroes, like the j in php. Currently I jump through hoops >>> splitting the date up and using [math] to make this happen. >>> >>> Terry >> >> >> you could write a function, then call that.. >> >> [cleandate [date]] >> >> Donovan >> >> >> >> -- >> Donovan Brooke >> WebDNA Software Corporation >> http://www.webdna.us >> **[Square Bracket Utopia]** >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 >> >--------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >Bug Reporting: http://forum.webdna.us/eucabb.html?page=topics&category=288 -- Terry Wilson | terry@terryfic.com | http://terryfic.com http://WhosComing.com - a simplified, affordable online reservation system http://TightJacket.com -- stylish protection for your laptop -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attitude is the only difference between ordeal and adventure.
Terry Wilson
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