This is just a guess, but try the ISO format: YYYY-MM-DD. Alexey Lazar PALS Information System Developer and Integrator 507-389-2907 http://www.mnpals.org/
On Apr 23, 2012, at 13:45 , Nancy Grant wrote: > Found the hard date space in the circulation policies under local > admin. But "stop at May 27, 2012" did not work, nor did the several > variations of date entries: 5/27/12, 05/27/2012, 5-27-12, etc, with or > without the "stop at..." words. > > Suggestions for getting this global date entered for our students? > > Thanks > > > On 4/23/12, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Send Open-ils-general mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/mailman/listinfo/open-ils-general >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Open-ils-general digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Global due date? (Gordana Vitez) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:53:26 -0400 >> From: "Gordana Vitez" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Global due date? >> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" >> <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Hi there, >> >> We use the Hard Due Date feature and it works well for us. We're an academic >> library in a mixed consortium. Let me know if you'd like any more info. >> >> Thanks! >> Gordana >> >> Gordana Vitez >> Library Services & Systems Coordinator >> NC Libraries and Learning Commons >> Niagara College >> 300 Woodlawn Rd >> Welland Ontario >> L3C 7L3 >> Phone: (905) 735 2211 ext 7404 >> Fax: (905) 736 6021 >> [email protected] >> >> >>>>> On 4/21/2012 at 5:01 PM, in message >>>>> <[email protected]>, Thomas Berezansky >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think what you want is the "Hard Due Date" feature, which can be set >> by the circ rules to apply to circs by patron type. Or pretty much >> anything else in the circ rules. >> >> It supports "stop at date X" and "always use date X" (but only when >> date X hasn't passed, then it ignores it and uses normal durations). >> >> Thomas Berezansky >> Merrimack Valley Library Consortium >> >> >> Quoting Nancy Grant <[email protected]>: >> >>> Schools often set a global due date for the end-of-the-school-year returns >>> . >>> REASONS: >>> 1. Allows overdues reports and billing before students disappear for the >>> summer. >>> 2. If a separate one can be set for the graduating class, allows that >>> class >>> to be billed before they can march in the ceremony. >>> 3. Allows librarian to see what went missing during the year and needs >>> replacement on summer order. >>> 4. Allows over-the-summer checkouts to start after the global date. >>> 5. Would be nice to have one that you could set either for all patrons or >>> for just students and not teachers. >>> >>> Is a global due date possible? >>> >>> Nancy B. Grant >>> LMS, NBCT >>> Penquis Valley Schools >>> Milo, ME 04463 >>> >> >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/pipermail/open-ils-general/attachments/20120423/fdbb422a/attachment-0001.htm> >> >> End of Open-ils-general Digest, Vol 70, Issue 22 >> ************************************************ >>
