> [13 Nov] > As my threads have lots of replies, I end up with a forest of ">" characters which makes it difficult to read > earlier quoted entries (what with word-wrapping of the browser). > I thought to replace the ">"s by a simple date entry prepended to the start of each reply. - much as I have > given at the top of this initial entry. > > So this is what I put in the config file: > > .... > Time format = %a %d %b %y > Date format = %d %b > Prepend on reply = [$date] \n > ... > > The time is used in the string for the Thread display. > > Only I don't get the date, with the date format, prepended to replies but the time, in the time format, as > > [Wed 13 Nov 13] > > Now this is hardly a disaster, but any ideas why the date formatting is being ignored?

https://midas.psi.ch/elogs/Forum/67405

Why all the > Characters?  Maybe back off the version as stated in above link?  Not sure about the date issue.