Just to add that the date format for "1994-11-05T13:15:30Z" is called ISO-8601:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 The reason that TW uses the 20191031080056713 format is that it is easier to use for computations and comparisons. Best wishes Jeremy -- Jeremy Ruston [email protected] https://jermolene.com >> On 1 Nov 2019, at 00:10, TonyM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why ?, > > The type setting in edit-text sets the html type values and is not aware of > tiddlywiki date formats. You can use them but you will need to work to use > this format dates because you can't simply use javascript as you would on a > typical html page. > > The format used by tiddlywiki is more precise and numeric only. As a result > you can test if one is greater than the other to compare which was > first/last. The other date formats need further formatting to do any such > comparisons. Look for the date picker plugin to select dates in tiddlywiki > format. You can use the html format but you will need to translate it to > something similar to do any processing on the dates. You can also make a date > stamp button for now using the Now macro. > > Using the view widget, format date and Now macro you can make tiddlywiki > dates look like html dates. > > Regards > Tony > > >> On Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 7:05:24 PM UTC+11, Sebastian Ovide wrote: >> Hi Tony >> >> thanks for that. >> >> I get the concept. My question was about the format that TW is using in the >> tiddlers. >> >> example. >> >> <$edit-text field="my_date" type="date"/> >> <$edit-text field="my_datetime" type="datetime-local"/> >> >> will create these fields: >> created: 20191030080335371 >> modified: 20191031080056713 >> my_date: 2019-10-02 >> my_datetime: 2019-10-03T11:01 >> title: AAAAAA >> using the the format by the browser using UTC (so your logic applies). >> >> so my specific question is about the reasoning behind choosing that format >> rather than the standard UTC ? >> >> Just curious. >> >> Regards >> >>> On Thursday, 31 October 2019 01:19:58 UTC, TonyM wrote: >>> Sebastian >>> >>> UTC does not refer to the format as you seem to believe, it refers to the >>> dates time zone. UTC is the universal time held in Greenwich. >>> >>> It's easy to be confused with this but the trick is to store the date time >>> in UTC but when that time is displayed is converts to local time, using >>> your browser locality settings and time zone. This allows your wiki to >>> respond to local daylight savings, or when you work in another time zone, >>> or you import tiddlers from another time zone. >>> >>> See https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Date%20Fields >>> >>> Once you grasp that, return with any more detailed questions. >>> >>> Regards >>> Tony >>> >>>> On Thursday, 31 October 2019 04:24:54 UTC+11, Sebastian Ovide wrote: >>>> Hello all >>>> >>>> TiddlyWiky stores dates in a format referred as UTC. Example: >>>> 20191030170157357. But the UTC is very common to see everywhere looks like >>>> 1994-11-05T13:15:30Z >>>> >>>> any idea on the reason of choosing that format ? >>>> >>>> thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/67434630-ed18-4dd2-88be-b038b2b59494%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/21EDEB8A-981A-488C-ADCF-C50EE6D73BA5%40gmail.com.
