[greenstone-users] Re: DateList From: Rich Robinson Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:58:00 -0700

[greenstone-users] Re: DateList

From	Rich Robinson
Date	Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:58:00 -0700
Subject	[greenstone-users] Re: DateList
In-Reply-To	(20040914000035-B58641FF6A-mail1-gtcinternet-com)
I did this method on the DateList classifier but it only seems to have the option to display the month, not the day. Here's the situation: some items like newspaper articles, I'd like by year month day. Other items like books only need a year. What would you suggest for this sort of thing? Rich >Hi Rich, > >Yes, there is. The format required is "yyyymmdd", eg. "20040904" for >your example. > >All the best, > >Michael > > > >Rich Robinson wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Is there a specific way to put dates in the Date Metadata field in >> order for the Browsing by Date to work properly? When I just had >> years it was fine (e.g., 2004, 1998), then on some entries I tried a >> format like 09-04-2004 and that did not work. Any insights? >> > > Thanks - Rich