[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] patron registration - date of birth

[Erica Rohlfs]

Good Afternoon Diane,

While this setting will affect various date formats throughout the
Evergreen database (and not just the Patron DOB field), you can set the
date format via Library Setting: Format Dates with this pattern.

I hope this helps!
Erica

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Diane Disbro <ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
wrote:

> Good afternoon –
>
>
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> The staff at my library are working through a patron registration
> exercise. More than one person has asked why the birthdate needs to be
> entered yyyy-mm-dd, a format not widely used in the USA. How should I
> answer that question?
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> Thank you.
>
>
>
> *Diane Disbro*
>
> Circulation Coordinator/Branch Manager
>
> Union Branch
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> Scenic Regional Library
>
> 308 Hawthorne Drive
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+Union,+MO%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0+63084&entry=gmail&source=g>
>
> Union, MO
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+Union,+MO%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0+63084&entry=gmail&source=g>
> 63084
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=308+Hawthorne+Drive+Union,+MO%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0+63084&entry=gmail&source=g>
>
> 636-583-3224 <(636)%20583-3224>
>
> ddisbro at scenicregional.org
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> www.scenicregional.org
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>



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Erica Rohlfs
Project Manager for Implementation
Equinox Open Library Initiative
phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) ext. 5572
email:  erohlfs at equinoxinitiative.org
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