N2 Patch ?... Dates backwards

Has anyone else noticed after the "patch" that the date format now reads for example a race on April 27, 1996 used to be 4/27/96 and now reads 27/4/96 ? Is there a reason this was changed or is this a "patch bug"? Ron

Yaaaaay! European date formats, right on Papyrus! :)

Ahh Man Now we have to drive on the wrong side of the track...... Hey does anyone know what exactly this patch is supposed to do? : > Has anyone else noticed after the "patch" that the date format now : > reads for example a race on April 27, 1996 used to be 4/27/96 and now : > reads 27/4/96 ? Is there a reason this was changed or is this a "patch : > bug"? : : Yaaaaay! European date formats, right on Papyrus! :) :

> Has anyone else noticed after the "patch" that the date format now > reads for example a race on April 27, 1996 used to be 4/27/96 and now > reads 27/4/96 ? Is there a reason this was changed or is this a "patch > bug"? > Ron Ron, I have been trying to fix this problem over the last 24 hrs and I am not getting anywhere at the moment. If I can fix it, or get Sierra to tell me how to fix it I will post it on my page. Gene, PIT ROAD http://www.pitroad.com/

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>> Has anyone else noticed after the "patch" that the date format now >> reads for example a race on April 27, 1996 used to be 4/27/96 and now >> reads 27/4/96 ? Is there a reason this was changed or is this a "patch >> bug"? >> Ron >Ron, >I have been trying to fix this problem over the last 24 hrs and I am not >getting anywhere at the moment. If I can fix it, or get Sierra to tell >me how to fix it I will post it on my page. >Gene, >PIT ROAD >http://www.pitroad.com/

Well that depends, TECHNICALLY DD/MM/YR is a date format that the military uses... so April 25, 1997 would appear as 25 April 1997 Maybe Papyrus has a Ex-Military guy in the group??? :) Andy

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BC5226.680C4240 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At last! The date written in the way it should be!! :-) -- Bruce. "But that was then....and this is now!" (Guess who!) > > Has anyone else noticed after the "patch" that the date format now > > reads for example a race on April 27, 1996 used to be 4/27/96 and now > > reads 27/4/96 ? Is there a reason this was changed or is this a "patch > > bug"? > > Ron > Ron, > I have been trying to fix this problem over the last 24 hrs and I am not > getting anywhere at the moment. If I can fix it, or get Sierra to tell > me how to fix it I will post it on my page. > Gene, > PIT ROAD > http://www.pitroad.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_01BC5226.680C4240 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><p><font size=3D2 = color=3D"#000080" face=3D"Comic Sans MS">At last! &nbsp;The date written = in the way it should be!! :-)<br>-- <br>Bruce.<br>&quot;But that was = then....and this is now!&quot;<br>(Guess who!)<br><br><br><br><font = color=3D"#000000">Gene &lt;<font = color=3D"#000000">&gt; wrote in article &lt;<font = &gt; Has anyone else noticed after the &quot;patch&quot; that the date = format now<br>&gt; &gt; reads for example a race on April 27, 1996 used = to be 4/27/96 and now<br>&gt; &gt; reads 27/4/96 ? Is there a reason = this was changed or is this a &quot;patch<br>&gt; &gt; = bug&quot;?<br>&gt; &gt; <br>&gt; &gt; Ron<br>&gt; &gt; <font = Ron,<br>&gt; I have been trying to fix this problem over the last 24 hrs = and I am not<br>&gt; getting anywhere at the moment. If I can fix it, or = get Sierra to tell<br>&gt; me how to fix it I will post it on my = page.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Gene,<br>&gt; PIT ROAD<br>&gt; <font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.pitroad.com/</u><font = color=3D"#000000"><br>&gt; </p> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></b= ody></html> ------=_NextPart_000_01BC5226.680C4240--

The date back to front is normal for us fallas over here in New Zealand. It is (day-month-year) for us. So I like and don't be rude to me. -- Nigel of Lakewood Motorsports Nascar Coruba & Coke Chevy Hamilton New Zealand

At last! The date written in the way it should be!! :-) -- Bruce. "But that was then....and this is now!" (Guess who!) Yeah it suits me fine too Bruce hahahaha Todd.

I did not know the object of N2 was to sit in front of the computer and read the date. Thanks for letting us know.

The date back to front is normal for us fallas over here in New Zealand. It is (day-month-year) for us. So I like and don't be rude to me. -- Nigel of Lakewood Motorsports Nascar Coruba & Coke Chevy Hamilton New < If only I believed $ierra did this on purpose and we had accidently gotten the New Zealand version........not a chance. Typical Sierra!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Jason Nichols Commissioner SportSim Football League http://members.aol.com/jn141414/ssfl.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------

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> >Subject: Re: N2 Patch ?... Dates backwards From: Nigel Nichols > The date back to front is normal for us fallas over here in New Zealand. > It is (day-month-year) for us. So I like and don't be rude to me. -- > Nigel of Lakewood Motorsports Nascar Coruba & Coke Chevy Hamilton New > < > If only I believed $ierra did this on purpose and we had accidently gotten > the New Zealand version........not a chance. Typical Sierra!!

Well most of the countries have the international system. So here in Canada it's the correct way for the date (day-month-year). Most of the countries around the world have adopted this way of calculating. So it's Kilometres not miles :) Good race at the Brickyard, (Old'Indytrack guy in rec.autos.simulators) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ =ymenard now!!! SPEED- http://www.nascarnet.com/~speed [===] Go Rubens Barrichello, Jacques Villeneuve, | ! | And all you that thinks that Jacques Villeneuve is |!| from Canada, your right!! He's from St-Jean sur le |o| Richelieu, 30 minutes from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [--I--] v Fran?ois Mnard "Wasupe LeGrand" May the force be with you, always!! Que la force soit avec toi, jamais!(for you French people) Excuse me for my poor English(I'm French speaking)

Lol, I thought the date thing may have been caused by my editing of the calendar file or something similar. I've become fairly skilled at messing things up such as this. I can live with this now that I know its not just me. Sort of like the "metric" system. Just something to get used to. Ron

>Yaaaaay! European date formats, right on Papyrus! :) Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag; Papyrus has moved to Belgium. Actually, it looks like the internationalization code got included in the patch build. Opps ... we're aware of it back at Papyrus (still in MA) ... Charlie Heath / Papyrus

Well, the good 'ol US of A is still using the antiqated non-metric system, because we have found it too hard to do the conversion, for some odd reason or another. :) So, us Americans are the ones complaining about it, unfortunately. DNR Enterprises http://members.aol.com/dredick825

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BC53C9.8554F280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chas, get with the majority of the world and change all your dates to the international (dd/mm/yy) format! :-) -- Bruce. "But that was then....and this is now!" (Guess who!) > >Yaaaaay! European date formats, right on Papyrus! :) > Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag; Papyrus has moved to Belgium. > Actually, it looks like the internationalization code got included in the > patch build. Opps ... we're aware of it back at Papyrus (still in MA) .. > Charlie Heath / Papyrus ------=_NextPart_000_01BC53C9.8554F280 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><p><font size=3D2 = color=3D"#000080" face=3D"Comic Sans MS">Chas, get with the majority of = the world and change all your dates to the international (dd/mm/yy) = format! :-)<br>-- <br>Bruce.<br>&quot;But that was then....and this is = now!&quot;<br>(Guess who!)<br><br><br><br><font = color=3D"#000000">Charlie Heath &lt;<font = wrote in article &lt;<font = &gt;Yaaaaay! European date formats, right on Papyrus! :)<br>&gt; = &gt;<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag; Papyrus = has moved to Belgium.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Actually, it looks like the = internationalization code got included in the<br>&gt; patch build. = &nbsp;Opps ... we're aware of it back at Papyrus (still in MA) = ...<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Charlie Heath / Papyrus<br>&gt; </p> </font></font></font></font></font></font></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_01BC53C9.8554F280--

>Chas, get with the majority of the world and change all your dates to the >international (dd/mm/yy) format! :-) >-- >Bruce. >"But that was then....and this is now!" >(Guess who!) I think we can put that one off until after the year '00 problems have been dealth with <g>. Chas

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> > Has anyone else noticed after the "patch" that the date format now > > reads for example a race on April 27, 1996 used to be 4/27/96 and now > > reads 27/4/96 ? Is there a reason this was changed or is this a "patch > > bug"? > > Ron > Ron, > I have been trying to fix this problem over the last 24 hrs and I am not > getting anywhere at the moment. If I can fix it, or get Sierra to tell > me how to fix it I will post it on my page. > Gene, > PIT ROAD > http://www.pitroad.com/

All you have to do is edit the calendar so the days are in the months slot and vice versa! I've tried it, and IT WORKS. houch

Hm.. that doesn't work for me. A few of the races will have the right dates, but then some dates are skipped and others are repeated. I assume it's b/c the games can't handle a 'month' greater than 12. --

Your welcome, smarta$$. I do know that some people's purpose in life is to sit in front of a computer and find fault in another person's opinions and problems. FYI, I was actually just pointing something out that had changed after the "patch" while not being critical at all of the fact. It really has no effect to me whatsoever as far as how the date reads other than the fact that I spent a couple hours toying with my calendar file, ect... thinking I had caused the problem at my end. P.S./ Flame me and you get one back. Now be careful with that lighter or you just might get burnt.