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

[Kathy Lussier]

Diane,

Are you talking about the old xul client or the new browser client?

> 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 don't think this setting affects the date format in the browser client 
patron registration form.

Kathy


On 10/17/2017 02:58 PM, Erica Rohlfs wrote:
> 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 <mailto:ddisbro at scenicregional.org>> wrote:
>
>     Good afternoon –
>
>     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?
>
>     Thank you.
>
>     *Diane Disbro*
>
>     Circulation Coordinator/Branch Manager
>
>     Union Branch
>
>     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 <tel:%28636%29%20583-3224>
>
>     ddisbro at scenicregional.org <mailto:ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
>
>     www.scenicregional.org <http://www.scenicregional.org>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Erica Rohlfs
> Project Manager for Implementation
> Equinox Open Library Initiative
> phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) ext. 5572
> email: erohlfs at equinoxinitiative.org 
> <mailto:erohlfs at equinoxinitiative.org>
> web: http://EquinoxInitiative.org

-- 
Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
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