Hi all, Thanks for these suggestions. The "sledgehammer" approach of using the library setting was the only thing I had much success with, but it looks like this should work for us. I used the following format to make sure it wasn't too many characters to display nicely in the staff client:
yyyy-MM-dd (EEE) Again, I really appreciate your help! -Jane On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Thomas Berezansky <[email protected]> wrote: > Which is why I suggested the %due_date_sort_value% variant. > > > Quoting "McCanna, Terran" <[email protected]>: > >> I tested %a (and every other standard and non-standard letter, lower case >> and capitalized) and didn't find one that worked with %due_date%. >> >> >> Terran McCanna >> PINES Program Manager >> Georgia Public Library Service >> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 >> Atlanta, GA 30345 >> 404-235-7138 >> [email protected] >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Thomas Berezansky" <[email protected]> >> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 8:44:19 AM >> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt template date formats? >> >> If %a works (and I haven't tested to see that it does) you would >> probably want this: >> >> %DATE_FORMAT(%due_date_sort_value%, %a)% >> >> The pre-formatted %due_date% doesn't usually parse as a date. >> >> Quoting "McCanna, Terran" <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi Jane, >>> >>> I haven't tested this, but I think you can get the day of the week with >>> %a: >>> >>> %DATE_FORMAT(%due_date%, %a)% >>> >>> >>> Terran McCanna >>> PINES Program Manager >>> Georgia Public Library Service >>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 >>> Atlanta, GA 30345 >>> 404-235-7138 >>> [email protected] >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jane Sandberg" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" >>> <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 4:43:47 PM >>> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt template date formats? >>> >>> Hi Evergreen, >>> >>> We were wondering if we could change the format of the due date in >>> receipt templates. The %due_date% macro gives us the YYYY-MM-DD >>> format, but we were interested in getting the day of the week in there >>> somehow. Is this a possibility? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -Jane >>> >>> -- >>> Jane Sandberg >>> Electronic Resources Librarian >>> Linn-Benton Community College >>> [email protected] / 541-917-4655 >> >> >> >> -- >> Thomas Berezansky >> Assistant Network Administrator >> Merrimack Valley Library Consortium >> 4 High ST, Suite 175 >> North Andover, MA 01845 >> Phone: 978-557-8161 > > > > -- > Thomas Berezansky > Assistant Network Administrator > Merrimack Valley Library Consortium > 4 High ST, Suite 175 > North Andover, MA 01845 > Phone: 978-557-8161 > -- Jane Sandberg Electronic Resources Librarian Linn-Benton Community College [email protected] / 541-917-4655
