On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Enrico Forestieri <[email protected]> wrote:
> Will Parsons writes: > > > > Will Parsons wrote: > > > In a document I'm writing, I would like to print the date of the last > > > edit in the title page. I've discovered [Insert => Date], which looks > > > like it might be what I want (does it update when I save the document > > > again?), but the format is "07/16/14", which is a common format for > > > North America (which is where I am), but I would prefer a different > > > format, preferably "14 June 2014", or even the ISO standard > > > "2014-07-14", but I can't figure out how to adjust this. Is this > > > configurable via LyX, or do I have to do some LaTeX magic? > > > > Of course, what I meant was '"16 June 2014", or even the ISO standard > > "2014-07-16"', (which I guess illustrates that even *I* find the > > format "07/16/14" confusing, used to it though I am... > > The format of the date is fully configurable through conversion specifiers > in > Tools->Preferences->Output->General->Date format. > LyX: you learn something every day. Thanks Enrico for the info---I had no clue you could reformat dates from within Lyx--alwyas used LaTeX packages Cheers, Stefano -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA [email protected] http://stefano.cleinias.org
