strtotime:date %b (Short month name) not short

Hi all,

I have this probleme, I have a date TV (eCalendrierDateTV) the %b wich is the Short month name like found in the documentation : https://rtfm.modx.com/revolution/2.x/making-sites-with-modx/commonly-used-template-tags/date-formats it return the full month name

the TV call in the chunk is :
wich result in

when it should be

but it's working when I do it like so:

without the strtotime but then the probleme is that it only give me one date

anyone has a clou on what might be causing this and how to fix this?

thanks all

Are you on a Windows platform? %e is not supported there, though I don't see why that would affect the month.

The MODX time and date modifiers are confusing. The :date modifier actually calls strftime() rather than date() and it doesn't default to the current date/time, like the real strftime() does.

I'm assuming that your +eCalendrierDateTV tag returns a human-readable date. The strftime() function requires a Unix timestamp as input, so the :strtotime modifier turns it into one (this is why your call without :strtotime returns the 1969 date).

Try this:

Quote from: BobRay at Mar 23, 2016, 01:31 PM

Are you on a Windows platform? %e is not supported there, though I don't see why that would affect the month.

The MODX time and date modifiers are confusing. The :date modifier actually calls strftime() rather than date() and it doesn't default to the current date/time, like the real strftime() does.

I'm assuming that your +eCalendrierDateTV tag returns a human-readable date. The strftime() function requires a Unix timestamp as input, so the :strtotime modifier turns it into one (this is why your call without :strtotime returns the 1969 date).

Try this:

[[!+eCalendrierDateTV:strtotime:date=`%d %b %Y`]]

Thank's BobRay for the explanation, I understand better the time format in modx now.

eCalendrierDateTV is a Date TV, so it does return a humane date.


I'm on unix server,
%e returns the day number without the preceding zero wich is ok, when I replace with the %d it returns the day number with the zero like it's supposed to.
the problem is with the %b wich is supposed to return the Short month name (example: Apr.) and %B the complete month name (example: April).

that's my probleme, I need the Short month name, but it's not working

many thanks for helping me try to fiture this out.

What does this show by itself in the same location?

Quote from: BobRay at Mar 23, 2016, 11:48 PM

What does this show by itself in the same location?

[[!+eCalendrierDateTV]]

I get this : 2016-04-01 19:00:0

It's weird. This code works for me:



If I use %e instead of %d, I get nothing (but I'm on Windows).

You could try creating your own snippet with the code above and sending it the TV tag as a property. I don't know what else to suggest.

Quote from: BobRay at Mar 24, 2016, 03:24 PM

It's weird. This code works for me:

$x = strtotime('2016-04-01 19:00:0 ');
echo strftime('%d %b %Y', $x);
// result: 01 Apr 2016

If I use %e instead of %d, I get nothing (but I'm on Windows).

You could try creating your own snippet with the code above and sending it the TV tag as a property. I don't know what else to suggest.

Thank you BobRay, I will try that, thank you very much, like always your of good help.

I'll post back if it works