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Custom Time/Date Format Pattern: history

What inspired this wish list request? 

There is a plethora of posts in the Jmp Community concerning Date and Time data curation, e.g. 
Manipulating Timestamp 

Unix Timestamp to Real Date & time 

Changing Date Format 

Date-Time Format Problem 

Date Format help please 

change date format 

 

There are some tools which help a lot - but any improvement will help :)

 

For time & date columns the user can select from a long list of standard settings and even specify a custom pattern.
BuiltIn presets can be concatenate to construct the desired pattern.

 

Unfortunately, every time the user has to construct a pattern he has to start from scratch.

 

What is the improvement you would like to see? 

Please add a history to the custom date/time pattern dialog window.

 

 

Why is this idea important?

If a user uses a pattern once, there is a large chance that he will use it again.
With the history aavailable in the dialog window, it will be much easier to use the Format Pattern window:
Invest the time once to generate the pattern and enjoy it for the rest of your live.

 

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2 Comments
hogi
Level XIII

@Sarah-Sylvestre , could you please check the status.
is it still "new"?

 

Sarah-Sylvestre
Level V
Status changed to: Acknowledged

Hello, thank you for reaching out about this request. We have reviewed it and updated the status accordingly.