Kevin, Well, I guess that means I'll have a lot of DB work to do to preserve the CF Dates when we upgrade to 4.0. ;-).
Kenn LBNL On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Kevin Falcone <[email protected]>wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 02:02:58PM -0700, Kenneth Crocker wrote: > > That's odd. I use Emmanuel Lacour's code for 3.8 and I don't have this > problem. My users can > > Kenn, the 3.8 date custom field patch and the 4.0 datetime custom > field types have very little in common. > > In fact, there really isn't an upgrade path between the two due to the > various bugs in the patch and general improvements in Custom Fields in > 4.0 > > -kevin > > > enter "2011/11/25" or "20/22/2011" or pick a date from the Calendar > pop-up and it is always > > interpreted correctly into our preferenced format of yyyy-mm-dd. DId > you set a default date > > format preference in your configurations? Ours drops the time element > (since we really don't > > care what time something was done). > > > > Kenn > > LBNL > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Wayne Thursby <[1] > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > The date custom field is a welcomed addition, and opens up a lot of > possibilities. > > Everything works great, but I've noticed one assumption it makes > that is, at least in my > > case, an incorrect one. > > > > Instead of selecting dates from calendars, my users type in dates > manually. I am in America, > > so this follows the (admittedly silly) format of "MM/DD/YY" > > > > If the users manually type in a date such as the 25th of August, > 2010 as "8/25/10", the date > > is correctly interpreted by the custom field. > > > > However, when a more ambiguous date is entered, such as the 9th of > August, 2010, the date is > > incorrectly parsed as being in the international (and more rational) > format of "DD/MM/YY". > > This turns the user's intended input, "8/9/10" into meaning the 8th > of September, 2010. > > > > Computers are typically easier to configure than users. Is the > default format for date > > CustomFields configurable? If not, should I file a feature request? > > Wayne Thursby > > System Administrator > > Healthcare Management Enterprises, Inc. > > > > References > > > > Visible links > > 1. mailto:[email protected] >
