Date entry isn't working right
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Date entry isn't working right
I'm using 1.0.7, and the following have worked for me, until about the last week.
Currently, I see the following behavior:
New Task (Select "Work" list; enter "Test"; enter "tod" for today) + Create = creates a new task with no due date
New Task (entering 2011-04-12) + Create = creates a new task with a due date of 2011-04-11
Edit Task (enter any date in yyyy-mm-dd) = sets due date to entered date - 1 day
Edit Task (enter a date by a name shortcut, such as tod, tom, Tues) = due date is not changed
My country setting at RTM website was blank. I selected it now, and tried a new task again (with closing or restarting anything), but there's no change. My time-zone has always been correct, and matching my PC's timezone.
I'm sorry to wait for compliments until after a but report, but your gadget is awesome! The interface is so clean and simple. Having started on RTM with I Forgot The Milk, I can hardly stand to use the standard web interface of RTM - I only use it when I have to for issues like this date entry not working.
Thanks again for a great tool!
Currently, I see the following behavior:
New Task (Select "Work" list; enter "Test"; enter "tod" for today) + Create = creates a new task with no due date
New Task (entering 2011-04-12) + Create = creates a new task with a due date of 2011-04-11
Edit Task (enter any date in yyyy-mm-dd) = sets due date to entered date - 1 day
Edit Task (enter a date by a name shortcut, such as tod, tom, Tues) = due date is not changed
My country setting at RTM website was blank. I selected it now, and tried a new task again (with closing or restarting anything), but there's no change. My time-zone has always been correct, and matching my PC's timezone.
I'm sorry to wait for compliments until after a but report, but your gadget is awesome! The interface is so clean and simple. Having started on RTM with I Forgot The Milk, I can hardly stand to use the standard web interface of RTM - I only use it when I have to for issues like this date entry not working.
Thanks again for a great tool!
DanW- Guest
More about dates not working
I thought of some more input that might be helpful.
Before I started having trouble with dates not working, I was having some trouble refreshing and getting connected. I ended up re-authenticating a time or two.
A short while after that (but only for a day or two) I was getting an error when trying to update the date (but, sadly, I didn't document it - something about an ID missing or not found I think)
Before I started having trouble with dates not working, I was having some trouble refreshing and getting connected. I ended up re-authenticating a time or two.
A short while after that (but only for a day or two) I was getting an error when trying to update the date (but, sadly, I didn't document it - something about an ID missing or not found I think)
DanW- Posts : 6
Join date : 2011-04-12
Setting due date on new event does not work
Seem to be having the same issue. Create a new event and putting in a due date creates the event with no due date. Need to go to web site to fix each time.
Wavel- Guest
Re: Date entry isn't working right
Yes, it seems RTM has changed something. Or I did. However, as I remember it used to work...
Re: Date entry isn't working right
A bit uncomfortable workaround is to follow this process:
1. add the task without due date
2. postpone the task - this will make it due today
3. edit the due date
1. add the task without due date
2. postpone the task - this will make it due today
3. edit the due date
Nice trick, but still the same, really
Admin wrote:A bit uncomfortable workaround is to follow this process:
1. add the task without due date
2. postpone the task - this will make it due today
3. edit the due date
Thanks for the idea. Postpone is a nice trick to move something from no due date to today.
However, editing the date gives the same results:
- If I enter a date by word, it clears the due date.
- When entered as yyyy-mm-dd, the resulting due date = (entered due date - 1 day).
They are... uncomfortable, as you say, but workable.
For my workaround, I use another gadget for entering dates, but still review my to-do's from I Forgot The Milk. Your presentation is so much cleaner that I find it's easier to get to the destination: "what's my next task to focus on", and therefore worth having the two gadgets going. The gadget I use for entry is minibrowser 0.7.2, from www.minibrowser.info, and I point it to http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/modules/gmail/.
Thanks again for the great gadget. If you're seeing the same, I'm assuming sending you logs wouldn't help.
Assuming your only control is over the gadget code on my computer, and it communicates directly to RTM from my PC, this must be something that got changed in the API, because it worked when I first started using I Forgot The Milk.
DanW- Posts : 6
Join date : 2011-04-12
Nope, still not for me
Here's the first log item listed for a new task I made, specifying "2011-04-19" as the due date:
2011-04-19T17:03:04: [Main.Task] 17907768, Work, 114433833, TEST 32, 173954140, 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z, 0, , , N, null, null
(If any of those numbers is bad to make public, I'm assuming you or I could edit them out)
The date is right here, but it came back as yesterday, 2011-04-18.
Are there RTM settings I should be checking or changing related to time zone or anything?
2011-04-19T17:03:04: [Main.Task] 17907768, Work, 114433833, TEST 32, 173954140, 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z, 0, , , N, null, null
(If any of those numbers is bad to make public, I'm assuming you or I could edit them out)
The date is right here, but it came back as yesterday, 2011-04-18.
Are there RTM settings I should be checking or changing related to time zone or anything?
DanW- Posts : 6
Join date : 2011-04-12
An interesting new observation
When I come to this site without being logged in, the posted time on my messages shows current time minus 18 hours. When I login, it shows right.
The "Current date/time" at the top of this window shows correct local time when logged in, otherwise it shows GMT time.
I just tried to create a new entry, hoping that the minus 18 hour thing would mean it would work right after 6:00 PM local time, but nope - still back dates 1 day.
I don't know if those are related, but I thought it was worth mentioning - since I thought it was so strange to see something back-dated by 18 hours.
The "Current date/time" at the top of this window shows correct local time when logged in, otherwise it shows GMT time.
I just tried to create a new entry, hoping that the minus 18 hour thing would mean it would work right after 6:00 PM local time, but nope - still back dates 1 day.
I don't know if those are related, but I thought it was worth mentioning - since I thought it was so strange to see something back-dated by 18 hours.
DanW- Posts : 6
Join date : 2011-04-12
Re: Date entry isn't working right
DanW wrote:Here's the first log item listed for a new task I made, specifying "2011-04-19" as the due date:
2011-04-19T17:03:04: [Main.Task] 17907768, Work, 114433833, TEST 32, 173954140, 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z, 0, , , N, null, null
The thing is, that the returned 2011-04-19T00:00:00Z is NOT correct, because it is an UTC time, which is 2011-04-18 xy:00:00 in your timezone (I suppose you are in GMT-[something]) and it is 2011-04-19 02:00 in my timezone as I am in GMT+2. I am lucky, as it happens to work here, but you are not
RTM should return simply 2011-04-19.
I write them a letter to ask if i am wrong or what...
That is correct
Just wanted to confirm with some more facts:
I am in UTC-6, and we observe daylight saving time, so currently it's like UTC-5, which would explain why a test that I entered from the /gmail link I posted earlier comes back like this:
2011-04-21T08:14:16: [Main.Task] 17907768, Work, 114605907, TEST 41, 174274005, 2011-04-21T05:00:00Z, 0, , , N, null, null
That would all make it seem like you can't just specify the date, but you have to hit midnight of the end user's time zone to get the time to be ignored. It seems like one of those cases where it would be easier if the date could be pure date, and not date/time - then UTC adjustments wouldn't matter.
Thanks for all of your help on this!
I am in UTC-6, and we observe daylight saving time, so currently it's like UTC-5, which would explain why a test that I entered from the /gmail link I posted earlier comes back like this:
2011-04-21T08:14:16: [Main.Task] 17907768, Work, 114605907, TEST 41, 174274005, 2011-04-21T05:00:00Z, 0, , , N, null, null
That would all make it seem like you can't just specify the date, but you have to hit midnight of the end user's time zone to get the time to be ignored. It seems like one of those cases where it would be easier if the date could be pure date, and not date/time - then UTC adjustments wouldn't matter.
Thanks for all of your help on this!
DanW- Posts : 6
Join date : 2011-04-12
Re: Date entry isn't working right
YYYY-MM-DD is definitely doing the trick for now - cheers
Gray- Guest
Workaround only works with a date
Hi,
the workaround with the date in the format YYYY-MM-DD works when you only need the date part. But if you like to set a time for the entry, then nothing is stored.
Hope there will be an update soon!
What was the answer from the remember the milk team ?
Cheers Christian
the workaround with the date in the format YYYY-MM-DD works when you only need the date part. But if you like to set a time for the entry, then nothing is stored.
Hope there will be an update soon!
What was the answer from the remember the milk team ?
Cheers Christian
Veux- Guest
Re: Date entry isn't working right
In their opinion, it is perfectly normal that they format a date (not time) value something like "2011-05-05 00:00:00Z" which is in day 2011-05-04 in GMT-x timezones, and I should remove the time part
I will try to get time to fix it next week.
I will try to get time to fix it next week.
Re: Date entry isn't working right
I have just created a new version. It is not available yet on windows live, please check here.
Thanks!!!
Hi,
thanks for the new version, for me everythings works fine now!
Greetings
Christian
thanks for the new version, for me everythings works fine now!
Greetings
Christian
Veux- Guest
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