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[Koha-win32] Re: [Koha-devel] more info....RE: koha help request please!


From: Chris Cormack
Subject: [Koha-win32] Re: [Koha-devel] more info....RE: koha help request please!
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:42:18 +1200
User-agent: Mutt/1.3.28i

HI Allyson

First off, which version of Koha do you have installed.
If its 1.2.3 the good news is thanks to good work from Mike Hansen
This bug is fixed in the Koha2.0.0.pre2 release that came out today.

And thanks to Rob Weirs super speedy porting skills, its out for windows
already.
In this version you can change the date format in the systempreferences
under parameters.
If you set it to US, then the dates will display the way you like.

BTW anyone know the history behind why the US uses mm/dd/yyyy ?

Hope this helps
Chris

On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 03:12:01PM -0700, Allyson Bright said:
> Hi again-
>  
> I am not sure if my subscription processed correctly or not, because I
> didn't receive a copy back of my e-mail requesting help, or any other emails
> from the list.  If you could reply to me directly at address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden> , that would help greatly.  Thanks!
>  
> -Allyson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allyson Bright 
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 4:55 PM
> To: 'address@hidden'; 'address@hidden'
> Subject: koha help request please!
> 
> 
> Hello everyone-
>  
> I apologize if this is the incorrect forum for requesting help with Koha,
> but I am just at my wit's end, I've tried for 2 straight days to fix just
> this one thing, and I just can't get it to work.  I've tried reading all
> sorts of documentation, but am coming up with nothing.
>  
> Here's the problem...I installed Koha on windows, with Apache, mysql, and
> perl.  Everything is up and running just fine, got the graphics scheme
> changed, etc.  All works and looks perfect, except one thing.  The date
> format needs to be changed.  I'm working at a small nonprofit organization
> in Iowa, and the metric date format dd/mm/yy is too confusing for the people
> we serve, just because they are not used to it (sorry if I sound like an
> irritating American here).  I changed the date in system parameters, but
> that didn't do anything except change the database entry for dateformat.  I
> went through the lines of code in every *.pl file and got rid of the
> "Slashifydate" command in every place it appeared, so the date now appears
> in the yyyy-mm-dd format, which is better, but still not what I'm going for.
> Plus, there are places that the date still appears as dd/mm/yy (such as the
> detail.pl screen for biblio details), despite this change.  I really need it
> to show the dates in mm/dd/yy format, or at least get them all into
> yyyy-mm-dd, but what I really need is for them to show up as mm/dd/yy or
> mm/dd/yyyy.  If there is any way you can help me with this, please reply
> asap.  I'm just at the end of my rope, and the project deadline is coming up
> very soon.
>  
> Also--I am a woman with very little to no programming experience.  I've been
> reading "teach yourself perl" sporadically, but that's my only knowledge of
> the program.  Programming isn't my specialty or even in my job description,
> it just happened that we had a need for koha, and since I'm the most
> technically literate of the bunch, I got the job.  But I still know very
> little, so I need really exact instructions on how to fix this, what lines
> to change, etc.  I'm sorry if that's a pain, but I just really don't know
> that much!  I'm using Koha because I didn't know how to design a program
> like this from scratch, or even the databases.  I'm learning a lot as I go,
> but still need a lot of help.  Just this one last date formatting issue
> needs to be fixed, and after that, I should be all set.
>  
> If you can be of any help, I would greatly appreciate it!!  Thank you SOOO
> much!
>  
> -Allyson Bright
>  
> 

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Chris Cormack                                                     Programmer
027 4500 789                                       Katipo Communications Ltd
address@hidden                                          www.katipo.co.nz



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