There used to be various fine timestamps (IIRC, the real time when
fines were generated, before 2.0????). But we had lots of problems
with it. Now the 23:59 works. We did receive questions on it, but it's
rare. I guess displaying the billing time without hour on OPAC helps.
Back to original topic, it is optional to create fines for closed
dates. Depending on your choice, it may have impact there (items
returned on the second day after the unexpected closure). But it may
sound reasonable (at least to me) if you still charge overdue for the
unexpected closure.
Tina
Quoting Dan Wells <d...@calvin.edu>:
This isn't especially relevant to the conversation, but last I
checked, Evergreen actually "post dates" fines to the end of the
fine period in which they occur. In other words, daily fines are
all dated with a timestamp of "23:59" regardless of what time the
fine generator runs. This made the fine logic a little simpler to
calculate, but it is also a source of general confusion for users,
as fines appear to happen in the future if you look closely.
Perhaps someday someone will find the tuits to fix this, but for
now, it works.
All that said, maybe you really do run your fine generator at 23:59,
but that seems a little like living on the edge to me, and I
wouldn't base any opinions on the billing timestamps :)
Dan
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Hekman Library at Calvin College
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On 4/24/2013 at 3:25 PM, Aaron Zsembery <azsemb...@pls-net.org> wrote:
On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 3:21:05 PM chtrot...@ocrl.org wrote:
I am not sure if the closed date can be entered the same day and fines
not accrue.
IIRC, in our install the fine generator runs at 23:59 to generate daily
fines, so as long as the entry gets in, it should theoretically work. I
haven't tried that though.
Aaron Z
Jr. Systems Administrator
Pioneer Library System
2557 State Rt. 21
Canandaigua, New York 14424
Phone: (585) 394-8260
Tina Ji
1-888-848-9250
Trainer/Help Desk Specialist
BC Libraries Cooperative/Sitka
