Bob: Nasty date formats. About 15 years ago we created our own tool for the date entry, and display in 4D. The dates are always stored in date fields, but we let the user define the way the dates get displayed. This way it does not matter what the computer’s region or date settings are. The format set in the application controls the display of the date. It also resulted in some great tools for quick entry of dates. Still loving that way of doing thing in v16.
Jody > On Jun 9, 2018, at 5:49 PM, Robert McKeever via 4D_Tech > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 4D V15.4, Mac OS 10.13.4 > > A site that uses 4D Server. Mostly mini’s as clients. Has been working fine > for years. Then growth, so someone brought in some PC’s. Then they scrounged > around and now all minis. But, since we are in Canada, sometimes when the OS > is loaded anew, this select Canadian English keyboard instead of US. So, date > entry gets set to YYYY-MM-DD instead of MM-DD-YYYY. > > Dates display fine, regardless of format. But, on a couple of machines, you > can not enter dates. I take my record, place the cursor in the field, and > type - it moves the cursor along the character string, but nothing changes. > So, they just go to another machine that ‘works’ and does the entry there. > Started a couple of weeks ago. > > So, why, and how to fix it? > > Changing the date format in the system preferences changes the way it is > displayed, but still no entry. > > _________________________________________ > Bob McKeever http://www.mswl.com <http://www.mswl.com/> > McKeever's Software Wizardry > Port Coquitlam, B.C. > [email protected] > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
