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    • Date format in tiki-calendar.php

    Posted by jko posts: 1

    Hi there,
    I'm a new user of TikiWiki (Release version 1.9.11) and still trying to find my way around it (but so far, so good).
    I have a small problem with the calendar. The date format on the day 'cells' is m/d which is fine if you're from the US, but is otherwise a nuisance. This seems to be hardcoded in tiki-calendar.php:
    Around Line 636 is has

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    $short_format_day = tra("%m/%d");
$smarty->assign('short_format_day', $short_format_day);

    Now, obviously I can change this file to get the desired format, but I was hoping that some kind developer (I'm not a coder) could suggest a 'proper' fix that would ensure compatibility with future releases of the code. Or is it something that can be tweaked in a template (would need fairly explicit newbie instructions)?
    Thanks
    John

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    Posted by George Greene posts: 257 United States

    Don't get me wrong -the people who code Tiki do excellent work -and for free!- so I hesitate to point you to a non Tiki solution but the Calendar function in Tiki has never really worked well for people in the US either in any of the versions including 1.10. It is a little confusing for end users and it does not seem to be following many of the new trends in calendar design like iCal, etc.

    I am now experimenting with Google Calendar. I have entered the iframe code (that Google Calendar will generate for you) into a Tiki page (you must "allow html"). See http://myaurora.org/aurorawiki/tiki-index.php?page=Calendar+experiment

    Time and dates are simple to enter. You can, as I have done here, include more than one calendar (try the little arrow button at right to enable/disable various calendars), and if you stick a location in the "where" field when creating an event it will automatically generate a Google Map link for you when you display the details of an event. I can also tell it to remind me via e-mail of events I click on -though not sure yet how (if) this works for users besides me.

    I forget if I had to have a plug in to use the iframe. If I did, it was one Rick S pointed me to. (You can see I am obviously not a programmer type!).

    Good luck!