Why does this work:


When I print startdate, I get: 20080525.

And this does not work:


When I print startdate, I get: June 6, 2008
(This is what the date is set to in the Entry I am working with).

I have never heard of EntryDataStartDate, I can not find it in the tag list, is this from a plugin?

Does it support the format modifier?

I have a Custom Field defined as a Date and Time (only Show Date) named StartDate.

What version of MT and CF are you using?

4.1 Professional Pack

Looks like CF ignores the format attribute for date fields.

Yeah, that helps like--- no one!

I hacked it to get it to do what I wanted it to do.

I am also disappointed that although gt and lt seem to work in mt:If, that gte and lte do not seem to function.

Sigh.

For the record I would like to assert that there is no reason why CF date fields shouldn't honor format commands.

Just in case any SixApart developers happen across this thread... it doesn't make sense as format is just a modifier, it would imply to me that all CF fields do not honor the format modifier. ??

This forum is for community lead support so it might take a while for them to happen across this, what I would do is raise it as a Trouble Ticket under the typekey account used to purchase the Professional Pack.

Pass on what format modifiers CF do support.

Good plan. Under a deadline right now so the bug report and testing of other modifiers will have to wait.

After having a chat with a few people.

As I understanding it CF does not store dates as dates, but as a string, which is why format does not work.

If you know PERL look in addons\Commercial.pack\lib\CustomFields\App\cms.pm around line 127