Date Display

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Total posts: 33
20 Jul 2015 15:31

Hello. I have been building some different sections, and in doing so have encountered an issued with the date layout. What I have done is change the date layout so that it should read MM/DD/YY. I have made this change in the Section - Record List Layout, Type - Full Article Layout, and Type - Comment. However, when I look at the any of the sections on the front, the date displays as DD/MM/YY. Here are some images: Cobalt_1

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I am using JoomBoost for certain packs and that is where I first noticed the issue; the developer there is checking out the issue for me as well. However, I then used the Gallery Pack from Cobalt and had the same problem. I do not see any other places where the date needs to be changed. What am I missing? I do not see any errors when I search via Firebug, and I did try changing from my template back to the standard protostar to see if that had any effect, but no luck.

I can give someone access details to the site if needed, the pages the issue is on requires a login unfortunately.

Seems to be my week for issues.... :)

Thank You Angela

Last Modified: 31 Jul 2015

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Sergey

Total posts: 13,748
21 Jul 2015 19:23

You should change date format in template parameters. As for articles list template in section settings as for article full vew template parameters in type settings.

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degarrin

Total posts: 33
27 Jul 2015 01:19

Yes, thank you. But as I said in my original post, I did update the date in those places. My problem is that the layout I chose in the parameters is not the way it displays on the front.

I set the date layout as follows in the backend:

Section->General Parameter->Templates->Record List->Date Display as MM/DD/YY (example: 12/30/07)

Type->General Parameters->Templates->Full Article->Date Display as MM/DD/YY (example: 12/30/07)

Type->General Parameters->Templates->Comments->Date Display as MM/DD/YY (example: 12/30/07)

But when I look at the items in the frontend, the date displays as DD/MM/YY (example: 30/12/07). This happens for all of them.

Angela

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Sergey

Total posts: 13,748
27 Jul 2015 05:58

Please show screenshot wheer you see those dates? Do you mean in field inputs?

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degarrin

Total posts: 33
27 Jul 2015 19:29

On the Joomla backend, when I set the Record List of a Section with this specific date setup: Section->General Parameter->Templates->Record List->Date Display as MM/DD/YY (example: 12/30/07)

It will then show records on the front page of the section as this date format (DD/MM/YY) instead:

Then when I set the Full Article Layout with this specific date setup: Type->General Parameters->Templates->Full Article->Date Display as MM/DD/YY (example: 12/30/07)

It will then show full article records as this date format (DD/MM/YY) instead:

And when I set the comments with this specific date setup: Type->General Parameters->Templates->Comments->Date Display as MM/DD/YY (example: 12/30/07)

It will then show the comments for the records as this date format (DD/MM/YY) instead:

Other date formats do seem to work correctly, but this one (MM/DD/YY) does not.

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degarrin

Total posts: 33
27 Jul 2015 20:45

The developer at JoomBoost says that the date select is giving the wrong format in his packs and he will correct in his next version. And as I said originally, his packs are where I noticed the problem first but then I used your Gallery pack and had the problem there too. But maybe the problem with his packs affected the Gallery pack as well? I do not know. But I can just switch to a different date format for now and see if his next version fixes my issue.

Thank You! Angela

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pepperstreet VIP

Total posts: 3,837
27 Jul 2015 21:59

Thanks Angela, confirmed! I checked the default list template, and it's simply a typo or confusion of the last 4 date parameters. Either the option value or the title has been interchanged...

Here is a screenshot of the template's date parameter:

mj_cob_templates_date_select_2wrong_values_titles

You may notice, that the date with "." delimiter is correct. But the last 2 pairs of date formats are wrong. Most likely this has been copied through all other default templates... and also by JoomBoost ;)

As a temp workaround, you could select the "wrong" format ;)
30/12/07 is going to display as MM/DD/YY.

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degarrin

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28 Jul 2015 00:39

Thank you pepperstreet!

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Sergey

Total posts: 13,748
31 Jul 2015 07:12

Yes, that was a bug. I fixed it. I'll upload new version today.

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