40tude Dialog date problem
Frogman
list from the American format to British? can I heck as like find it.
It has been like this since upgrading to Windows 7, and yes I have checked
windows and all the language settings are for UK British.
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PeterC
> Can some kind soul remind me how to change the date format in the header
> list from the American format to British? can I heck as like find it.
> It has been like this since upgrading to Windows 7, and yes I have checked
> windows and all the language settings are for UK British.
R-click on the heading of the Date column and the Columns Editor appears;
select Date. Mine is set to %datelocal%.
The Help file has details under Date in the Index, then at the bottom of
that page is a link to Date Format.
Caveat: I don't know if this will do what you want!
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Frogman
> R-click on the heading of the Date column and the Columns Editor appears;
> select Date. Mine is set to %datelocal%.
>
So does mine Peter,
> The Help file has details under Date in the Index, then at the bottom of
> that page is a link to Date Format.
>
There doesn't appear to be anywhere to put that info, at least I can't find
anywhere.
> Caveat: I don't know if this will do what you want!
Sadly not as yet
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Frogman,
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Jernej Simončič
> So does mine Peter
AFAIK, Dialog uses your Windows locale settings to format the date.
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Frogman
> AFAIK, Dialog uses your Windows locale settings to format the date.
Very strange because Windows is definitely set to English (United Kingdom)
but Dialog is displaying today's date as 12/6/2009
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Frogman,
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Andy J
> On 06/12/2009, Jernej Simon�i� wrote:
>
>> [1 quoted line suppressed]
>
> Very strange because Windows is definitely set to English (United Kingdom)
> but Dialog is displaying today's date as 12/6/2009
If it is any consolation, and it probably isn't, I have exactly the same
problem!
Frogman
> If it is any consolation, and it probably isn't, I have exactly the same
> problem!
lol, No it isn't really are you on Windows 7 as well?
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Frogman
I'm not a complete fool, some parts are missing
PeterC
>> R-click on the heading of the Date column and the Columns Editor appears;
>> select Date. Mine is set to %datelocal%.
>>
> So does mine Peter,
>
>> The Help file has details under Date in the Index, then at the bottom of
>> that page is a link to Date Format.
>>
>
> There doesn't appear to be anywhere to put that info, at least I can't find
> anywhere.
Well, what I'd try (if mine weren't OK!) is look at the format in the Help
file, then open the Columns Editor and try a few things; e.g. %dd mm yyy%
Please note that I don't know if this'll work or if the above format is
correct - might not need the spacers; upper case might have to be
somewhere; % might not apply.
Go on, have a play :-)
Frogman
> Well, what I'd try (if mine weren't OK!) is look at the format in the Help
> file, then open the Columns Editor and try a few things; e.g. %dd mm yyy%
> Please note that I don't know if this'll work or if the above format is
> correct - might not need the spacers; upper case might have to be
> somewhere; % might not apply.
>
> Go on, have a play :-)
Yep, I have already tried loads of combinations Peter,
none apart from %datelocal% will even show a date
most are just blank and some display dd/mm/yyyy
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Frogman,
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Noddy Holder
> On 06/12/2009, Andy J wrote:
>
>> [2 quoted lines suppressed]
>
> lol, No it isn't really are you on Windows 7 as well?
Yes I'm with Windows 7, I've run Dialog with XP for ages without this
problem. Can't cure it now though :(
MCC
> On 06/12/2009, Jernej Simon�i� wrote:
>
>> AFAIK, Dialog uses your Windows locale settings to format the date.
>
> Very strange because Windows is definitely set to English (United Kingdom)
> but Dialog is displaying today's date as 12/6/2009
I'm having difficulty understanding why this is happening, Froggie.
When I click on Start>Control Panel>Region and Language and alter the
'short date' setting to yyyy-MM-dd it gets changed in Dialog as soon as I
click OK.
Same thing happens when I change it back again to UK settings.
I'm running Windows 7 as you probably already know.
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MCC
06/12/2009 14:40:19
PeterC
> On 06/12/2009, PeterC wrote:
>
>> Well, what I'd try (if mine weren't OK!) is look at the format in the Help
>> file, then open the Columns Editor and try a few things; e.g. %dd mm yyy%
>> Please note that I don't know if this'll work or if the above format is
>> correct - might not need the spacers; upper case might have to be
>> somewhere; % might not apply.
>>
>> Go on, have a play :-)
>
> Yep, I have already tried loads of combinations Peter,
> none apart from %datelocal% will even show a date
> most are just blank and some display dd/mm/yyyy
Damn! Just spent half and hour trying all sorts of things and, as you say,
it's just blank.
I don't need to know, but...
BTW, XP Pro here.
chuckcar
news:cs5rk1w8cwpa$.d...@frogman.plus.com:
> Can some kind soul remind me how to change the date format in the header
> list from the American format to British? can I heck as like find it.
> It has been like this since upgrading to Windows 7, and yes I have
> checked windows and all the language settings are for UK British.
Regional settings in control panel. The same place it's always been.
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Jernej Simončič
> lol, No it isn't really are you on Windows 7 as well?
I'm on Windows 7, too, and Dialog displays dates as 6.12.2009 for me.
Jernej Simončič
> Yes I'm with Windows 7, I've run Dialog with XP for ages without this
> problem. Can't cure it now though :(
BTW, I just remembered that some programs can corrupt the Windows locale
settings in Registry, which then causes strange things to happen - try
changing your Windows locale to something else, and then back to your
preferred locale - this should cure the problem.
PeterC
> On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 07:14:40 +0000, Frogman sauntered in and penned :
>
>> Can some kind soul remind me how to change the date format in the header
>> list from the American format to British? can I heck as like find it.
>> It has been like this since upgrading to Windows 7, and yes I have checked
>> windows and all the language settings are for UK British.
>
> Anything in the following help??
>
> <Quote>
> Date-Time Format Strings
<snip>
Not that I can make work. After trying some of the standard formats, I used
one or two from that list and still no luck.
PeterC
> on Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:07:07 +0000, Noddy Holder wrote:
>
>> Yes I'm with Windows 7, I've run Dialog with XP for ages without this
>> problem. Can't cure it now though :(
>
> BTW, I just remembered that some programs can corrupt the Windows locale
> settings in Registry, which then causes strange things to happen - try
> changing your Windows locale to something else, and then back to your
> preferred locale - this should cure the problem.
Damn, I'd forgotten that trick - works for several things, including a
setting in Opera.
Frogman
> BTW, I just remembered that some programs can corrupt the Windows locale
> settings in Registry, which then causes strange things to happen - try
> changing your Windows locale to something else, and then back to your
> preferred locale - this should cure the problem.
Thank you, how do I do that please?
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Frogman,
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Frogman
<big snip>
> DateSeparator global variable.
>: Displays the time separator character given by the TimeSeparator global variable.
> 'xx'/"xx" Characters enclosed in single or double quotes are displayed
> as-is, and do not affect formatting.
Thanks Wo I have tried various combinations from that without success.
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Frogman.
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Frogman
> Thank you, how do I do that please?
Cancel this I have found out and BINGO it has worked, A million thanks :-)
MCC
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 05:56:09 +0000, Frogman wrote:
>
>> Thank you, how do I do that please?
>
> Cancel this I have found out and BINGO it has worked, A million thanks :-)
Wonderful! A happy Froggy :-)
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08/12/2009 10:11:33