Oh, thanks. I didn't think to try the logical reversed format. I tried ddmmyy, but that only works with dashes or slashes.
Of course, yyyymmdd is still eight keypresses rather than six. Perhaps I shouldn't be so lazy. -- richard On Friday 28 June 2002 17:37, Dieter Simader wrote: > Dates are not parsed. You can enter dates without a dash or slash in > yyyymmdd format. > > > Dieter Simader http://www.sql-ledger.org (780) 472-8161 > DWS Systems Inc. Accounting Software Fax: 478-5281 > =========== On a clear disk you can seek forever =========== > > On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Richard Lyons wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me where date input (eg in Add Transaction) is parsed. I > > thought I had found it in Form.pm. What I am trying to do is add something > > like > > if ($date !~ /[^0-9]/ ) { > > $date = substr($date, 0, 2) . $spc . substr($date, 2, 2) . $spc . > > substr ($date, 4); > > } > > to allow me to type in 280602 instead of bothering with the slashes in > > 28/06/02. > > > > (I am guessing Dieter is away as I haven't noticed any replies from him in > > the past few days.) > > > > -- > > richard > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Sponsored by: > > ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Caffeinated soap. No kidding. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Caffeinated soap. No kidding. http://thinkgeek.com/sf
