Re: Dates - Search and Sorting

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23027
interpreted = N
texte = > 1- Quit WebSTAR and WebCatalog. > 2- Open the WebCatalog Prefs file with SimpleText. > 3- Set these two prefs as follows: > > DateFormat%d/%m/%Y > ReadDateFormatdmy > > 4- Save and close the WebCatalog Prefs file. > 5- Restart WebSTAR. > 6- Try your search again.Okay, preferences modified as above...It did affect the sorting to make the above change, though it still didn't sort the way I expected it would. I thought a sample of the dates sorted as I saw them might help. See below:Previous to the above changes the sort showed the 1997 dates at the bottom, but the same random (I'm not sure if it's random or not) pattern.RH Prouty bristol@ez-mortgage.com11/4/97 11/5/97 11/7/97 10/20/97 11/20/97 10/21/97 11/21/97 10/10/97 11/10/97 11/10/97 4/1/98 9/14/98 3/2/98 4/2/98 4/3/98 4/16/98 4/16/98 5/16/98 4/17/98 11/17/98 2/18/98 2/18/98 6/18/98 8/5/98 2/6/98 4/6/98 5/19/98 6/19/98 1/7/98 4/8/98 4/21/98 4/21/98 3/11/98 5/11/98 5/11/98 8/25/98 8/25/98 9/25/98 2/26/98 3/26/98 3/27/98 3/27/98 4/28/98 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (Kenneth Grome 1999)
  2. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (Mike_Davis 1999)
  3. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (PCS Technical Support 1999)
  4. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (Kenneth Grome 1999)
  5. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (RH Prouty 1999)
  6. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (RH Prouty 1999)
  7. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (RH Prouty 1999)
  8. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (Howard Wolosky 1999)
  9. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (Kenneth Grome 1999)
  10. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (RH Prouty 1999)
  11. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (RH Prouty 1999)
  12. Re: Dates - Search and Sorting (Kenneth Grome 1999)
  13. Dates - Search and Sorting (RH Prouty 1999)
> 1- Quit WebSTAR and WebCatalog. > 2- Open the WebCatalog Prefs file with SimpleText. > 3- Set these two prefs as follows: > > DateFormat%d/%m/%Y > ReadDateFormatdmy > > 4- Save and close the WebCatalog Prefs file. > 5- Restart WebSTAR. > 6- Try your search again.Okay, preferences modified as above...It did affect the sorting to make the above change, though it still didn't sort the way I expected it would. I thought a sample of the dates sorted as I saw them might help. See below:Previous to the above changes the sort showed the 1997 dates at the bottom, but the same random (I'm not sure if it's random or not) pattern.RH Prouty bristol@ez-mortgage.com11/4/97 11/5/97 11/7/97 10/20/97 11/20/97 10/21/97 11/21/97 10/10/97 11/10/97 11/10/97 4/1/98 9/14/98 3/2/98 4/2/98 4/3/98 4/16/98 4/16/98 5/16/98 4/17/98 11/17/98 2/18/98 2/18/98 6/18/98 8/5/98 2/6/98 4/6/98 5/19/98 6/19/98 1/7/98 4/8/98 4/21/98 4/21/98 3/11/98 5/11/98 5/11/98 8/25/98 8/25/98 9/25/98 2/26/98 3/26/98 3/27/98 3/27/98 4/28/98 RH Prouty

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