Jody, I'm using v16 and having the following problem with date formats: On a UK system, dates in fields and list boxes are incorrectly displayed in the US format. But when you click into a date field, it changes to the UK format!
How do you manage this? Pat On Sun, 10 Jun 2018 at 15:46, Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > ********************************************************************** -- ************************************************* CatBase - Top Dog in Data Publishing tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 w: http://www.catbase.com skype: pat.bensky ************************************************* ********************************************************************** 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] **********************************************************************
