Long such as: January 6, 1978 9:12 AM or Jan. 6, 2001 9:12 AM
^[A-Za-z]{3,10}\.? [0-9]{1,2}, ([0-9]{4}|'?[0-9]{2}) (([0-2]?[0-9]:[0-5][0-9])|([0-1]?[0-9]:[0-5][0-9]\s(AM|PM)))$
Short such as: 1/6/78
\d{1,2}[\/\-]\d{1,2}[\/\-]\d{2,4}
Because I wanted to use the format of “Jan 6, 1978” I had to write my own parser. I could have just modified the default RegEx, but since I could guarantee the format of the input date, I could create a simpler RegEx:
// TableSort parser for date format: Jan 6, 1978
$.tablesorter.addParser({
id: 'monthDayYear',
is: function(s) {
return false;
},
format: function(s) {
var date = s.match(/^(\w{3})[ ](\d{1,2}),[ ](\d{4})$/);
var m = monthNames[date[1]];
var d = String(date[2]);
if (d.length == 1) {d = "0" + d;}
var y = date[3];
return '' + y + m + d;
},
type: 'numeric'
});
var monthNames = {};
monthNames["Jan"] = "01";
monthNames["Feb"] = "02";
monthNames["Mar"] = "03";
monthNames["Apr"] = "04";
monthNames["May"] = "05";
monthNames["Jun"] = "06";
monthNames["Jul"] = "07";
monthNames["Aug"] = "08";
monthNames["Sep"] = "09";
monthNames["Oct"] = "10";
monthNames["Nov"] = "11";
monthNames["Dec"] = "12";
This can be easily adapted for other date formats. To assist with testing with Firebug, place these two lines at the end of the “format” function to output input date and created string:
console.log(date);
console.log('' + y + m + d);
Enjoy.
]]>To get Last modified on Friday, September 4 at 01:42 AM, use:
Last modified on <%ModificationDate %A, %B %e at %I:%M %p %>
To get 2005-10-07 01:48, use:
<%Date %Y-%m-%d %H:%M%>
To get Oct 07, 2005, use:
<%Date %b %d, %Y%>
Preferred local format
<%Date %c%> Fri Sep 04 01:50:02 US/Pacific 2009
The language-aware standard date representation.
<%ModificationDate %x %>
Thu Sep 03 2009
The language-aware time representation.
<%ModificationDate %X %>
15:36:49 US/Pacific
The two-digit hour on a 12-hour clock padded with a zero if applicable.
<%ModificationDate %I %>
03
Seems to be an alias of %I (Halp?)
The two-digit 24-hour clock padded with a zero if applicable.
<%ModificationDate %H %>
16
The two-digits minute padded with a leading zero if applicable.
<%ModificationDate %M %>
02
The two-digit second padded with a zero if applicable.
<%ModificationDate %S %>
04
Either AM or PM. Language dependent.
<%ModificationDate %p %>
AM
Three digit miliseconds, range from 000 to 999.
<%ModificationDate %F %>
845
Time zone.
<%Date %Z%>
US/Pacific
Timezone offset.
<%Date %z%>
-0700
The full weekday name.
<%ModificationDate %A %>
Thursday
The abbreviated weekday name.
<%ModificationDate %a %>
Thu
The full month name.
<%ModificationDate %B %>
September
The abbreviated month name.
<%ModificationDate %b %>
Sep
The two-digit month padded with a leading zero if applicable.
<%ModificationDate %m %>
09
The day of the month.
<%ModificationDate %e %>
9
The four-digit year.
<%ModificationDate %Y %>
2009
The two-digit year padded with a leading zero if applicable.
<%ModificationDate %y %>
01
The three-digit day of the year (ranging from 000 to 364) padded with leading zeroes if applicable.
<%ModificationDate %j %>
040
The numeric day of the week ranging from 0 to 6 where 0 is Sunday.
<%ModificationDate %w %>
0
a: <%ModificationDate %a %> A: <%ModificationDate %A %>
b: <%ModificationDate %b %> B: <%ModificationDate %B %>
c: <%ModificationDate %c %> C: <%ModificationDate %C %>
d: <%ModificationDate %d %> D: <%ModificationDate %D %>
e: <%ModificationDate %e %> E: <%ModificationDate %E %>
f: <%ModificationDate %f %> F: <%ModificationDate %F %>
g: <%ModificationDate %g %> G: <%ModificationDate %G %>
h: <%ModificationDate %h %> H: <%ModificationDate %H %>
i: <%ModificationDate %i %> I: <%ModificationDate %I %>
j: <%ModificationDate %j %> J: <%ModificationDate %J %>
k: <%ModificationDate %k %> K: <%ModificationDate %K %>
l: <%ModificationDate %l %> L: <%ModificationDate %L %>
m: <%ModificationDate %m %> M: <%ModificationDate %M %>
n: <%ModificationDate %n %> N: <%ModificationDate %N %>
o: <%ModificationDate %o %> O: <%ModificationDate %O %>
p: <%ModificationDate %p %> P: <%ModificationDate %P %>
q: <%ModificationDate %q %> Q: <%ModificationDate %Q %>
r: <%ModificationDate %r %> R: <%ModificationDate %R %>
s: <%ModificationDate %s %> S: <%ModificationDate %S %>
t: <%ModificationDate %t %> T: <%ModificationDate %T %>
u: <%ModificationDate %u %> U: <%ModificationDate %U %>
v: <%ModificationDate %v %> V: <%ModificationDate %V %>
w: <%ModificationDate %w %> W: <%ModificationDate %W %>
x: <%ModificationDate %x %> X: <%ModificationDate %X %>
y: <%ModificationDate %y %> Y: <%ModificationDate %Y %>
z: <%ModificationDate %z %> Z: <%ModificationDate %Z %>
I’m sure there are a few I’ve missed as well. Please comment if you know of any.
]]>After searching and not finding how to permanently change the font, I tinkered around with the few tips I did find and stumbled on to a solution which requires one small hack to allow use of Helvetica in all iPhone Notes instead of Marker Felt whether you are creating the note in Apple Mail or on the iPhone.
Tested on iPhone 3GS but should work on any iPhone running 3.0+ software.
]]> Creating Note in Apple MailConfiguration in step 1 only necessary the first time.
Start by changing Apple Mail “Fonts & Colors” setting to:
Create a new note in Apple Mail. (Notice that the font baselines all line up using the above font.)
Configuration in step 1 only necessary the first time.
On iPhone go to:
Settings »
General »
Keyboard »
International Keyboards »
Japanese
Enable the QWERTY keyboard.
Note will remain in Helvetica font after all subsequent syncs with Apple Mail.
Video of steps 3-6 (using a different font): Change the font in Notes (iPhone/iPod Touch)
Hover over an event, phone number, or address and you’ll have an option to add to Address Book or iCal.
Watch this video to learn more:
Creating this post I learned:
height attribute.autoplay embed tag attribute is set in user Quicktime prefs, but can be overridden in embed tag. I’ve set autoplay to true so that you don’t have to click the video to get it to play.showlogo embed tag attribute set to false will hide Quicktime logo while movie is loading.I wasn’t quite sure what to expect (and didn’t do my research about the speaker… Alan Cooper is the author of The Inmates Are Running the Asylum and About Face), but I really wish that I’d invited my collegues to join as Alan’s speech was full of tips and concepts that we’ve been doing at Six Apart… having the process defined is very helpful.
Here’s the video. It’s 40 minutes, but chock full of great insights about success in the digital age.
]]> Notes….Confidence
Frederic Brooks - Mytical Man Month chapter called “Plan to throw one away”
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