[FX.php List] Find record using 'date'

[Erik Andreas Cayré]

Den 10/05/2007 kl. 4.03 skrev Kevin Futter:

>> Isn't there someplace you set FMP to "use system settings" or  
>> something? Being in the Ugly American camp, I've never had to  
>> adjust for conventions on other continents, so I'm sorry I can't  
>> quote chapter and verse.
>>
>> Dale
>>
> I’m certainly hoping so, but haven’t found anything global yet. The  
> significant part of the equation for me is that our G5 test box was  
> running a standard OS X client, whereas on the Xserve we installed  
> OS X Server.

Was it the exact same FMS version on the G5 test box as it is now on  
the production XServe?

> There are some things to configure during the install for the  
> server OS, and I suspect one we missed is the time/date format. I  
> suspect that FSMA on this machine is using the system settings, but  
> we bungled them! AFAICT you can’t set it afterwards like on the  
> client OS, just like you can’t change its status from stand-alone  
> to directory member without a reinstall.

According to the FMSA8 CWP guide from FMI, p.30:
dateformat is MM/dd/yyyy

There does not seem to be any configurable options for this.

I think any observed differences can only be attributed to different  
versions of FMS(A). I don't think the OS is involved in any way.

Initial system formats in effect at file creation are 'hardcoded'  
into a Filemaker file. This information never changes, and it may  
have a part in some of the reported confusion.
This means you must be *aware* of your current system format setting,  
when creating a new Filemaker file...



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