Good Afternoon Diane, While this setting will affect various date formats throughout the Evergreen database (and not just the Patron DOB field), you can set the date format via Library Setting: Format Dates with this pattern.
I hope this helps! Erica On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Diane Disbro <[email protected]> wrote: > Good afternoon – > > > > The staff at my library are working through a patron registration > exercise. More than one person has asked why the birthdate needs to be > entered yyyy-mm-dd, a format not widely used in the USA. How should I > answer that question? > > > > Thank you. > > > > *Diane Disbro* > > Circulation Coordinator/Branch Manager > > Union Branch > > Scenic Regional Library > > 308 Hawthorne Drive > <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+Union,+MO%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0+63084&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Union, MO > <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+Union,+MO%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0+63084&entry=gmail&source=g> > 63084 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+Union,+MO%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0+63084&entry=gmail&source=g> > > 636-583-3224 <(636)%20583-3224> > > [email protected] > > www.scenicregional.org > > > > > -- Erica Rohlfs Project Manager for Implementation Equinox Open Library Initiative phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) ext. 5572 email: [email protected] web: http://EquinoxInitiative.org
