[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt template date formats?

[Thomas Berezansky]

Which is why I suggested the %due_date_sort_value% variant.

Quoting "McCanna, Terran" <tmccanna at georgialibraries.org>:

> I tested %a (and every other standard and non-standard letter, lower  
> case and capitalized) and didn't find one that worked with %due_date%.
>
>
> Terran McCanna
> PINES Program Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta, GA 30345
> 404-235-7138
> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Berezansky" <tsbere at mvlc.org>
> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 8:44:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt template date formats?
>
> If %a works (and I haven't tested to see that it does) you would
> probably want this:
>
> %DATE_FORMAT(%due_date_sort_value%, %a)%
>
> The pre-formatted %due_date% doesn't usually parse as a date.
>
> Quoting "McCanna, Terran" <tmccanna at georgialibraries.org>:
>
>> Hi Jane,
>>
>> I haven't tested this, but I think you can get the day of the week with %a:
>>
>> %DATE_FORMAT(%due_date%, %a)%
>>
>>
>> Terran McCanna
>> PINES Program Manager
>> Georgia Public Library Service
>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>> Atlanta, GA 30345
>> 404-235-7138
>> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jane Sandberg" <sandbej at linnbenton.edu>
>> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group"  
>> <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 4:43:47 PM
>> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt template date formats?
>>
>> Hi Evergreen,
>>
>> We were wondering if we could change the format of the due date in
>> receipt templates.  The %due_date% macro gives us the YYYY-MM-DD
>> format, but we were interested in getting the day of the week in there
>> somehow.  Is this a possibility?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>   -Jane
>>
>> --
>> Jane Sandberg
>> Electronic Resources Librarian
>> Linn-Benton Community College
>> sandbej at linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655
>
>
> --
> Thomas Berezansky
> Assistant Network Administrator
> Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
> 4 High ST, Suite 175
> North Andover, MA 01845
> Phone: 978-557-8161


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Thomas Berezansky
Assistant Network Administrator
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
4 High ST, Suite 175
North Andover, MA 01845
Phone: 978-557-8161