[solved]: unixtime listed instead of specified format + th etc with numbers

Hello,

I am using EVO 1.0.4 with Ditto 2.1.0.

I have a tv called "date" that I would like to use for menu sorting.

The order is correct but the unixtime is listed instead of the dateFormat specified.

The tv "date" has "input type: date" and "widget: unixtime" selected.

My ditto call is currently:

This returns:
* 1297295940, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
* 1300925520, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
* 1311815760, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
etc

I would like:
* Thursday February 10, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
* Thursday March 24, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
* Thursday May 26, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
etc

I would also really, really like the date number specified as 24th or 26th etc.

Thanks in advance.

I just tried a Ditto call with a tv named "adate"


and got output looking like this
a new test
by b e user on Wednesday December 15, 2010
the summary

Perhaps the problem is not in your date format?
Just a thought,
Matt
(Evo 1.0.4)

thanks Matt, but that doesn’t solve the problem at this end.
any other ideas?

Hi,

I suspect a bug in Ditto.

Try this instead in your chunk

[+date:date=`%A %B %d, %Y`+]

If the above doesn’t work install PHx and create a custom modifier.

basically you create a new snippet phx:mydateformat and paste this code



and use it like

[+date:mydateformat+]

in your chunk

PS: not tested but you should get the idea

Hey Cipa,

That first suggestion works perfectly in the template chunk.

Now it outputs:
# Thursday 10 February, 2011, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
# Thursday 24 March, 2011, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
# Thursday 26 May, 2011, 5:30pm to 7:00pm

What’s the trick with getting the th / st / nd to work (eg 10th, 24th, 26th etc)?

to output st/nd/th you need to use the second method(date php function) because strftime doesn’t know st/nd/th

Awesome, thanks Cipa, that 2nd method works perfectly with the th/st etc.

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Many thanks.