How does one add a new Time/Date format?

[Sam Lowry]

Hi-
I've asked this question before in the Slim server days, but I can't find the solution in Squeezecenter. I would like to add a new Long Date format without the year. Where and how do I do it?
Using 7.2.1 on Vista.
Thanks.
SL

[mherger]

> I've asked this question before in the Slim server days, but I can't
> find the solution in Squeezecenter. I would like to add a new Long Date
> format without the year. Where and how do I do it?
> Using 7.2.1 on Vista.

There's no way to add a format except by editing the perl source code. You'd have to install ActivePerl and run the perl version of SC. Then edit Slim/Utils/DateTime.pm -> longDateFormats() to add the desired format.

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Michael

[Sam Lowry]

> I've asked this question before in the Slim server days, but I can't
> find the solution in Squeezecenter. I would like to add a new Long Date
> format without the year. Where and how do I do it?
> Using 7.2.1 on Vista.

There's no way to add a format except by editing the perl source code. You'd have to install ActivePerl and run the perl version of SC. Then edit Slim/Utils/DateTime.pm -> longDateFormats() to add the desired format.

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Michael

Is there a way just to remove the year from one of the preferences files?

[mherger]

> Is there a way just to remove the year from one of the preferences
> files?

you can edit the server.prefs file (while SC is stopped) and edit the
following line:

longdateFormat: "%A, |%d. %B %Y"

to fit your format. In the above case you'd have to remove the %Y.

Michael