I tested %a (and every other standard and non-standard letter, lower case and capitalized) and didn't find one that worked with %due_date%.
Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Berezansky" <tsb...@mvlc.org> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 8:44:19 AM Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt template date formats? If %a works (and I haven't tested to see that it does) you would probably want this: %DATE_FORMAT(%due_date_sort_value%, %a)% The pre-formatted %due_date% doesn't usually parse as a date. Quoting "McCanna, Terran" <tmcca...@georgialibraries.org>: > Hi Jane, > > I haven't tested this, but I think you can get the day of the week with %a: > > %DATE_FORMAT(%due_date%, %a)% > > > Terran McCanna > PINES Program Manager > Georgia Public Library Service > 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 > Atlanta, GA 30345 > 404-235-7138 > tmcca...@georgialibraries.org > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Sandberg" <sand...@linnbenton.edu> > To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> > Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2015 4:43:47 PM > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Receipt template date formats? > > Hi Evergreen, > > We were wondering if we could change the format of the due date in > receipt templates. The %due_date% macro gives us the YYYY-MM-DD > format, but we were interested in getting the day of the week in there > somehow. Is this a possibility? > > Thanks, > > -Jane > > -- > Jane Sandberg > Electronic Resources Librarian > Linn-Benton Community College > sand...@linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655 -- Thomas Berezansky Assistant Network Administrator Merrimack Valley Library Consortium 4 High ST, Suite 175 North Andover, MA 01845 Phone: 978-557-8161