Re: date formatting for CC card expiration date check
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1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18327
interpreted = N
texte = The problems you are having shouldn't be occuring and we can look into and try to explain those separately, but I would recommend using pop-up menus for entering month and year so that you have complete and total control over the formatting without resorted to elaborate checking.That is:John.>One of the things that can hang up WebMerchant and MacAuthorize is when a >customer puts in an invalid CC expiration date. This causes WebMerchant >and macAuth. to time out then repeatedly then dial over and over again on >the order. > >To prevent this, I want to check the customer's expiration date before >the order is complete (a good idea anyway). But I'm having trouble with >date formatting using the latest WebCat version. > > >[date %m/%Y] gives 06/18/1998%m/%Y] >[date %m] gives 06/18/1998%m] > > >[format 2.0f][expmonth][/format] doesn't give 02, 03, etc., >need to add zero in front. > > >There's probably many ways to attempt this, but the most obvious ones >don't work as I'd expect them to. > >[showif [date %m]>[expmonth]] >[hideif [date %Y]<[expyear]] > >Type logic would suit me fine, as would > >[hideif [date %m/%Y]<[format 2.0f][expmonth][/format]/[expyear]] > >but no such luck. Any suggestions? My default date setting in >preferences is the default one %m/%d/%Y. > >Thanks > >Sandy John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com
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The problems you are having shouldn't be occuring and we can look into and try to explain those separately, but I would recommend using pop-up menus for entering month and year so that you have complete and total control over the formatting without resorted to elaborate checking.That is:John.>One of the things that can hang up WebMerchant and MacAuthorize is when a >customer puts in an invalid CC expiration date. This causes WebMerchant >and macAuth. to time out then repeatedly then dial over and over again on >the order. > >To prevent this, I want to check the customer's expiration date before >the order is complete (a good idea anyway). But I'm having trouble with >date formatting using the latest WebCat version. > > >[date %m/%Y] gives 06/18/1998%m/%Y] >[date %m] gives 06/18/1998%m] > > >[format 2.0f][expmonth][/format] doesn't give 02, 03, etc., >need to add zero in front. > > >There's probably many ways to attempt this, but the most obvious ones >don't work as I'd expect them to. > >[showif [date %m]>[expmonth]] >[hideif [date %Y]<[expyear]] > >Type logic would suit me fine, as would > >[hideif [date %m/%Y]<[format 2.0f][expmonth][/format]/[expyear]] > >but no such luck. Any suggestions? My default date setting in >preferences is the default one %m/%d/%Y. > >Thanks > >Sandy John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com
John Hill
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