Using 1.10.3

In some modules such as CGCalendar, I can change the date format in the templates.

How do I change it for FEU? I have the format %d%m%Y in Global Settings. I want this in FEU for User Created date and Expiry date. At present it is showing dates as %Y%m%d.

Thanks

Use the modifier, "cms_date_format" or "date_format"

For example,

OK - thanks very much!

Are you talking about this line from the View User Template?

<p>{$feu->Lang('expires')}:&nbsp;{$userinfo.expires}</p>

I changed it to

<p>{$feu->Lang('expires')}:&nbsp;{$userinfo.expires|cms_date_format:"%d/%m/%Y"}</p>
and without the cms, but neither worked.

What is the correct format for the date? I have seen the d m y separated by colons, slashes and commas.

Maybe my post in this thread helps? viewtopic.php?f=13&t=61272

It's in Dutch, but the code is multilingual

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Thank Jos - I see now that whatever is used in the date_format, such as slashes or hyphens, is what apears in the finished product, so to speak.

So that %d-%m-%Y would appear as 1-6-2012.

My problem remains: how to get this into FEU for the User list.
This is what I have:

and this in the View User Template
<p>{$feu->Lang('expires')}:&nbsp;{$userinfo.expires|date_format:"%d-%m-%Y"}</p>

Thanks

Hi,

what Jos told you is to try this:

{'d-m-Y'|date:$userinfo.expires}

instead of

{$userinfo.expires|date_format:"%d-%m-%Y"}

As it worked for me I guess it will work for you.

Kind regards,
Jan

Thanks janvl - but it didn't work for me unfortunately.

We are talking about the View User Template - I assume that is the one? I wonder if there is somewhere else it has to be changed as well? This is so frustrating - on the surface, it seems like such a simple thing to be able to change.

I have also read about 'locale' being set in the config. Is this essential? I just have the local time zone set.

Could you tell exactly what you did/made?
Where you put smartytags to get the list you want, what parameters you use etc. etc.

Maybe I can rebuild it and see where things do not work.

Kind regards,
Jan

Thanks janvi

I haven't done anything really to the default FEU and default SR modules. I set the preferences and am more or less using it "out-of-the-box".

Am using the View User Template altered as mentioned earlier in this thread: I imagine this controls what I see when I click on Users as illustrated in the image I posted earlier showing how the Created and Expires dates are rendered.

{* view user template *}
<p>{$feu->Lang('id')}:&nbsp;{$userinfo.id}</p>
<p>{$feu->Lang('username')}:&nbsp;{$userinfo.username}</p>
<p>{$feu->Lang('email')}:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:{$email_address}">{$email_address}</p>
<p>{$feu->Lang('expires')}:&nbsp;{'%d-%m-%Y'|date:$userinfo.expires}</p>
{foreach from=$user_properties item='entry'}
{if $entry.type != 0}
<p>{$entry.prompt}:&nbsp;{$entry.data}</p>
{/if}
{/foreach}

In the config file I have:

$config['locale'] = 'en_AU.utf8';
$config['timezone'] = 'Australia/West';

and in Global Settings I have English set and %d-%m-%Y.

and in User Prefs I have %x%X - have also tried %d-%m-%Y in there as well but made no difference.

There does not seem to be anywhere in SR and FEU to manage the date format - at least in the Admin area. I can't believe everyone uses the American date format.

Does this mean I need to change certain files in the /modules/FEU files?

Thanks

Hi,

as far as I can see, you mix up the backend and the frontend.

With changing a template, you change something you can use in the frontend, not the backend.

If you want the way the date is presented, changed in the backend, contact Robert Campbell. Maybe he can help.

I wish you good luck.

Kind regards,
Jan van Leeuwen

You're probably right, Jan - I'm not very technical.
Thank you very much for taking the time to look at my issue - I do appreciate it.

You can change module backend templates yourself. You don't need the developer to do that.

I searched for a forumtopic or an article in the wiki that explains how, but could only find this example for the news module:
http://blog.arvixe.com/backend-preview- ... ws-module/
read step 2 and step 3

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Thanks Jos,
interresting link!

You would need
in modules/FrontEndUsers/templates
userlist.tpl
line 122, 123, 124

be carefull, save the original!

Good luck,
Jan

The point is that you don't change an existing template, but first copy it to the module_custom/yourmodule/ directory and make the changes on the copied one. Else you would lose your changes with the first upgrade you do.

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