Cosistency with the rest of the system which can't be changed is
definitely a legit point. Thanks for clarifying.
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bkw
On 1/31/23 03:03, Cedric Amand wrote:
As I'm the one who started the date debate :) let me clarify what my
feedback to Steve was
In the context of my M200, there are multiple things that are
confusing with dates,
First of I consider that the system time, the one reported by print
DATE$ , should define the date format, otherwise you end up with
multiple date formats.
As such, REX uses a different format than the system one (on my system,
idk about everyone else's)
I fully realize rex is probably written in machine language, that nobody
asks for internationalisation or user settings, all my feedback was is
that it's using a different date format than the system here, which is
confusing ( can you tell me what the date is when system date
is 21/12/22 and REX date 222112 ? )
You end up with not only one but two ambiguous date formats.
I also remember an hidden part of REX (I think info on file in the tsdos
part ?) uses yet another format, but I can't replicate this this morning
as my tpdd is buried in a box.
More than that, and this is new feedback, when saving a new RAM image or
overwriting one, REX does not update the DAY of the date, only the month
and the year. I've reproduced that today.
I realize that out of context, this "date format" is a small
problem, REX is now used internationally, and there are basically two
Model T platforms (EU and US).
For my M102 I switched the ROM to the US one. Quite frankly - this
creates more problem than it solves. But it makes REX work.
For my M200, with the help of Steve, I was able to keep my EU ROM and
have REX working no problem, which is great for the international users.
In short, without interfering with anyone else's REX :) if it would be
possible that REX displays it's file dates then same way the system
does, that'd be great :)
Le 2023-01-31 08:32, jonathan.y...@telia.com <jonathan.y...@telia.com> a
écrit :
For what it's worth, I also like year month day dates, in part because I
can easily sort them. ISO 8601 specifies year, month, date, but it looks like
the years are 4 digits
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bkw
