System Date/Time Format Problems

[Peter Brigham MD]

There may be a better way, but you might have to use a shell call. Execute the following in the message box:

   put shell("man date | col -b")

and look at the options. You can get any format you want, and this way you would have full control over date display format in LC.

-- Peter

Peter M. Brigham
pmbrig at gmail.com
http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig

On Jul 1, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Pete wrote:

> I'm running into some major differences in the way LC displays system date
> and time versus what I have set up in my OSX control panel and wondering if
> anyone else has run into this.  This is in the context of providing my users
> with a preference setting for how they want dates/times displayed.
> 
> First problem is that OSX has 4 date and time formats (Short, Medium, Long,
> and Full) whereas LC only has three (Short, Abbrev, Long) so there are some
> inevitable discrepancies.
> 
> For dates:
> LC Short = OSX Short
> LC Long = OSX Full
> LC Abbrev = no OSX format
> no LC format = OSX medium or long
> 
> 
> For times:
> LC Short = OSX Short
> LC Abbrev = OSX Short
> LC Long = OSX Medium
> no LC format = OSX Long or full
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Pete
> Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
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