Fixing a date format setting

Keybounce · 08-15-2019, 07:47 PM

I was able to add a custom date field, that was going to hold the date downloaded for books fetched from fiction sites.

Somewhere, I was trying to get the date formatted as year-month-date.

I very clearly remember using a format of yyyy-mm-dd

Sadly, I've found that this gives me minutes, not month. I cannot find that formatting preference anywhere.

Help? Thanks.

higgs · 08-15-2019, 08:19 PM

Try MM instead of mm

Keybounce · 08-15-2019, 09:44 PM

What I mean is, where is that format setting? I cannot find where to go to enter MM instead of mm.

theducks · 08-15-2019, 10:16 PM

there are DATE tweaks Preferences:Tweaks .
I just don't know if they can be done for custom columns,. Or if they can, they probably are NOT on a per column setting.

Keybounce · 08-15-2019, 10:35 PM

Well, that was enough of a hint.

So Preferences -> tweaks -> date format has several, but that's not the interface I used, and none of those are in the format I entered.

And they are three different entries, for the three standard columns.

So, since I'm using a custom column, filled in by a plug-in ... check that plug-in's settings? Nope.

So Preferences -> Custom columns?

...

Notice that there's a bunch of buttons on the right side of the interface window. Oddly-shaped/placed buttons.

There's easy to use, see, and read buttons on the bottom of the window. None of them say "edit settings".

Mousing over each of the buttons on the right, and sure enough, one of them is "edit settings".

And that's where it is.

08-15-2019, 07:47 PM	#1
Keybounce Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: kindle (various)	Fixing a date format setting I was able to add a custom date field, that was going to hold the date downloaded for books fetched from fiction sites. Somewhere, I was trying to get the date formatted as year-month-date. I very clearly remember using a format of yyyy-mm-dd Sadly, I've found that this gives me minutes, not month. I cannot find that formatting preference anywhere. Help? Thanks.

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08-15-2019, 08:19 PM	#2
higgs Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 149999 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ireland Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Touch, Kindle PW3	Try MM instead of mm

08-15-2019, 09:44 PM	#3
Keybounce Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: kindle (various)	What I mean is, where is that format setting? I cannot find where to go to enter MM instead of mm.

08-15-2019, 10:16 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,800 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	there are DATE tweaks Preferences:Tweaks . I just don't know if they can be done for custom columns,. Or if they can, they probably are NOT on a per column setting.

08-15-2019, 10:35 PM	#5
Keybounce Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: kindle (various)	Well, that was enough of a hint. So Preferences -> tweaks -> date format has several, but that's not the interface I used, and none of those are in the format I entered. And they are three different entries, for the three standard columns. So, since I'm using a custom column, filled in by a plug-in ... check that plug-in's settings? Nope. So Preferences -> Custom columns? ... Notice that there's a bunch of buttons on the right side of the interface window. Oddly-shaped/placed buttons. There's easy to use, see, and read buttons on the bottom of the window. None of them say "edit settings". Mousing over each of the buttons on the right, and sure enough, one of them is "edit settings". And that's where it is.