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icon5.gif   $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type?, posted by Dennis Seitz on Wed May 7 17:10:07 2008 
    icon2.gif   Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type?, posted by Dennis Seitz on Thu May 15 01:06:21 2008 
       icon2.gif   Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type?, posted by Stefan Ritt on Mon Jun 2 12:01:47 2008 
          icon2.gif   Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type?, posted by Dennis Seitz on Mon Jun 2 23:41:15 2008 
             icon2.gif   Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type?, posted by Stefan Ritt on Tue Jun 3 12:47:13 2008 
                icon2.gif   Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type?, posted by Dennis Seitz on Thu Jun 5 01:38:17 2008 
                   icon5.gif   Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type? - possible Preset bug?, posted by Dennis Seitz on Fri Nov 21 18:21:36 2008 
                      icon2.gif   Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type? - possible Preset bug?, posted by Stefan Ritt on Mon Nov 24 20:00:05 2008 Capture.jpg
                         icon2.gif   Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type? - possible Preset bug?, posted by Dennis Seitz on Tue Nov 25 17:01:55 2008 
                            icon2.gif   Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type? - possible Preset bug?, posted by Dennis Seitz on Tue Dec 9 00:22:41 2008 
Message ID: 66102     Entry time: Tue Dec 9 00:22:41 2008     In reply to: 66080
Icon: Reply  Author: Dennis Seitz  Author Email: dseitz@berkeley.edu 
Category: Question  OS: All  ELOG Version: 2.7.5 
Subject: Re: Re: $entry time not readable by Subst, else not datetime type? - possible Preset bug? 

Dennis Seitz wrote:

Stefan Ritt wrote:

Dennis Seitz wrote:
FYI, I think there's a little bug in the datetime vs $date implementation.

Here's a section of my config file implementing a "Last Edit" field:

Type Last Edit = datetime
Preset Last Edit =$date
Locked Attributes = Last Edit
Subst on edit Last Edit = $date
Start page = ?rsort=Last Edit

I expected that "Preset Last Edit =$date" would set Last Edit to the current date when I create a new entry. In fact that leaves the field empty, or at least not in datetime format.

I found that using this instead works:
Preset Last Edit =$entry time

which seems contradictory since
Subst on edit Last Edit = $date
works fine.


Do you have an old version of elog? Using the current version with a configuration file:
Attributes = Author, Type, Last Edit
Type Last Edit = datetime
Preset Last Edit =$date
Locked Attributes = Last Edit
Start page = ?rsort=Last Edit

I get the correct behavior:



Yes, I'm using 2.7.3 - I'll try upgrading, sorry. I'll reply with the outcome.


Everything works fine with 2.7.5, thanks!
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