tom@wcc.oz.au (Tom Evans) (01/31/91)
I might have found a bug with ResEdit, or it might be a System-interaction problem on my Mac. Whatever it is, here's what to look out for and how to "fix" it. ResEdit 1.2 as came with our brand new MPW. Mac IIcx running System 6.0.5. Mac set to "Australian" date format (using "International" CDEV from Apple). Our date format is 31/1/91 for today (as distinct from USA's 1/31/91). I opened a few files with ResEdit to change the file signature and after saving the changes the Finder showed their dates as 9-Feb-92! ResEdit displays the dates as "31/1/91" initially, but seems to write them back as "1st. of 31-uary (31st. month of the year), 1991". This then gets displayed elsewhere as "9th. February, 1992". ResEdit also shows "9/2/92" in the file's "Get Info" window. I can force a fix by entering "1/31/91" (backwards - USA format) as the date into ResEdit and resaving. Anybody else with non-USA date formats might have similar problems. ======================== Tom Evans tom@wcc.oz.au ** ADD ".au" MANUALLY (don't trust "reply") ** Webster Computer Corp P/L, 1270 Ferntree Gully Rd Scoresby, Melbourne 3179 Victoria, Australia 61-3-764-1100 FAX ...764-1179
ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) (02/01/91)
Well, that's just wonderful. I tried the same situation Tom Evans reported with ResEdit 2.1, to see if they'd fixed the bug yet. You won't believe what they've done... 2.1 displays dates in American format, regardless! That's right, my system is set to "Australian" (gritting of teeth) date format too, but ResEdit 2.1 seems to ignore that. I think that's stupid. I'm *sure* System 6.0.x includes routines that will parse dates as well as format them--why can't ResEdit use these? Lawrence D'Oliveiro fone: +64-71-562-889 Computer Services Dept fax: +64-71-384-066 University of Waikato electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz Hamilton, New Zealand 37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00