Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/variables.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/variables.html,v diff -u -r1.31 -r1.32 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/variables.html 7 Aug 2017 23:47:53 -0000 1.31 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/variables.html 8 Nov 2017 09:42:12 -0000 1.32 @@ -1,15 +1,30 @@ -Variables

Variables

Date and Time Variables

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By joel@aufrecht.org

- OpenACS docs are written by the named authors, and may be edited - by OpenACS documentation staff. -

Starting with OpenACS 5.0 and the introduction of acs-lang, +Variables

Variables

+ + +

Date and Time Variables

+ +<authorblurb> +

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+ +

By joel@aufrecht.org

+</authorblurb>
+ +

Starting with OpenACS 5.0 and the introduction of acs-lang, we recommend retrieving date/time information from the database in - ANSI format and then using lc_time_fmt to format it for display.

Example 12.1. Getting datetime from the database ANSI-style

db_multirow -extend { mydate_pretty } {
+    ANSI format and then using lc_time_fmt to format it for display.

+

Example 12.1. Getting datetime from the database ANSI-style

+ +
db_multirow -extend { mydate_pretty } {
     select to_char(mydate, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') as mydate_ansi,
           ...
     ...
 } {
     set mydate_ansi [lc_time_system_to_conn $mydate_ansi]
     set mydate_pretty [lc_time_fmt $mydate_ansi "%x %X"]
 }
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