Nice workaround, Chris!
On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:21:07 -0200
christophe.billiottet@webdna.us wrote= :
> what about
>
> [grep search=3D 0&replace=3D ]
> [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, Janu= ary 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] <= br>>>
[math][format days_to_date
>>%d]
[math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format][/math], [format
&g= t;>days_to_date %Y]
[math]{[eventdate]}[/math][/format]
>>
>> (It perfo= rms math on the day portion to turn it into an
>>integer.)
>>
>> I display dates all the ti= me 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<= br>>> %p....: AM or PM
>> %S....: Seconds 00-59
>> %U....: Week # of year, Sunday first da= y 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 withou= t 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 l= eading 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 bri= ng WebDNA up to parity with php.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>> Better yet, write a funct= ion and call it date. That
>>>will overwrite
>>> the native method within p= ages using that function.
>>> Plus there'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 format that does not have the leading
>>>>>zero? i.e., like d= ,
>>>>> but without the zeroes, like the j in php. Currently I
>>>>>jump throu= gh hoops
>>>>> splitting the date up and using [math] to make this
>>>>>happen.
= >>>>>
>>>>> Terry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> you c= ould write a function, then call that..
>>>>
>>>> [cleandate [date]]
>= ;>>>
>>>> Donovan
>>>>
>>>>
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