[date] problem with %d%m%Y

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1998

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texte = I have noticed a bug in the [date] tag when performing math calculationon a date when the date prefs is non standard.If the date preference is set to default : %m%d%Y (such as 12/25/1997) [math date]{[date]}+90[/math] adds 90 days to the current dateIf the date preference is set to : %d%m%Y (such as 25/12/1997) [math date]{[date]}+90[/math] DOES NOT add 90 days to the currentdateWhat should I do ? In France we are used to %d%m%Y and nobody understandsa date when the month is given first (05/06/98 is the 5 june 1998 for us,not 6 may 1998).I have also noticed problems when adding 12 monthes to a date with theresult.I have included my date-test-code so you can see what happens with thepreferences of Webcatalog set to %m%d%Y or %d%m%Y. The expected resultonly happens with %m%d%YLaurent.---Sample code follows -----date : [date]

date + 2 monthes : [math date]{[date]}+{00/2/0000}[/math]

date + 2 days : [math date]{[date]}+{2/00/0000}[/math]

date + 2 years : [math date]{[date]}+{00/00/0002}[/math]

date + 30 days : [math date]{[date]}+30[/math]

date + 60 days : [math date]{[date]}+60[/math]

date + 90 days : [math date]{[date]}+90[/math]

date + 365 days : [math date]{[date]}+365[/math]

date + 730 days : [math date]{[date]}+730[/math]

french format :
date + 3 monthes : [math date]{[date]}+{00/03/0000}[/math]

date + 6 monthes : [math date]{[date]}+{00/06/0000}[/math]

date + 12 monthes : [math date]{[date]}+{00/12/0000}[/math]

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US format
date + 3 monthes : [math date]{[date]}+{03/00/0000}[/math]

date + 6 monthes : [math date]{[date]}+{06/00/0000}[/math]

date + 12 monthes : [math date]{[date]}+{12/00/0000}[/math]

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Re: [date] problem with %d%m%Y (John Hill 1998)
[date] problem with %d%m%Y (Laurent Pladys 1998)
Re: [date] problem with %d%m%Y (John Hill 1998)
Re: [date] problem with %d%m%Y (John Hill 1998)

I have noticed a bug in the [date] tag when performing math calculationon a date when the date prefs is non standard.If the date preference is set to default : %m%d%Y (such as 12/25/1997) [math date]{[date]}+90[/math] adds 90 days to the current dateIf the date preference is set to : %d%m%Y (such as 25/12/1997) [math date]{[date]}+90[/math] DOES NOT add 90 days to the currentdateWhat should I do ? In France we are used to %d%m%Y and nobody understandsa date when the month is given first (05/06/98 is the 5 june 1998 for us,not 6 may 1998).I have also noticed problems when adding 12 monthes to a date with theresult.I have included my date-test-code so you can see what happens with thepreferences of Webcatalog set to %m%d%Y or %d%m%Y. The expected resultonly happens with %m%d%YLaurent.---Sample code follows -----date : [date]