Larry, I didn't think about it that way. I was viewing the String as simply a storage mechanism. I guess the root problem is that the underlying file formats lack a good date type.
I can't remember from my reading of the DBF docs. Does DBF support a built-in date type? I'm sure that GML does... The Sunburned Surveyor On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Could the Shapefile and GML writers/readers be modified to convert the > >date to a String before it is written or read from the underlying > >file? > > Sure, but how does that help? If a String format is good enough, then you > can just use that to start with. > > regards, > Larry > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Sunburned Surveyor > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry, > > > > Could the Shapefile and GML writers/readers be modified to convert the > > date to a String before it is written or read from the underlying > > file? > > > > I realize this is no small task, but we could add it to our list of > > things to do. :] > > > > The Sunburned Surveyor > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi Dante, > > > > > > JUMP actually supports entering the time in the Edit Attributes table > view > > > of a Date field, but will only display it in the Feature Info HTML view > with > > > Attributes showing. > > > > > > Unfortunately, I couldn't find a file format that would save the time > > > information. When you load either a JUMP GML or Shapefile back, the > time > > > information reverts to 00:00:00. > > > > > > Perhaps someone else knows a workaround. > > > > > > regards, > > > Larry Becker > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Dante Fuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Hello > > > > I have a problem, the attribute DATE only show "yyyy/MM/dd", where I > > > > can modify so that it shows the date and the hour? or create a new > > > > attribute TIME (HH:mm:ss). > > > > > > > > greetings > > > > > > > > Dante Fuster > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > jump-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > jump-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jump-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > > > > > > -- > http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > jump-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users > > _______________________________________________ jump-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/jump-users
