[Elecraft] EQP Logger

[Jack Brindle]

At 9:59 AM -0500 3/2/03, Earl Ritchie wrote:
>Pat n8vw wrote:
>>
>>On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 04:01:28PM -0800, Mike Walkington wrote:
>>
>>>I've installed EQP Logger and noticed that its showing the date as 3 Jan
>>>2003!  I assume that this is because I have my computer set up to use
>>>Australian date conventions (ddmmyy).  How do I adjust the date settings in
>>>EQP Logger?
>
>It must get the date from the OS.  I got the program yesterday and 
>set it up this AM.  It shows the date as Feb 3, 2003

The date is obviously correct from the info that was sent in the 
email, but the formatting for Australia is wrong. This tells me that 
the programmer wrote his own code to display the date instead of 
using the system routines which format date (and time for that 
matter) for the user's system preferences. Having _just_ gone through 
this exact same effort on MacOS X/Unix, you guys have done me a great 
favor by telling me that I need to correct this same issue in my own 
software. Of course, if I am the only one to ever use the software, 
then it really doesn't matter, right?

So, this is one that the original software author should probably 
take a look at, to use the system functions to display the date. 
Sounds like a learning challenge to me.

-Jack Brindle, WA4FIB
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