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Subject: Re: CM8K pgn date tag not fixed in patch

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:48:17 02/13/01

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On February 13, 2001 at 21:40:32, David Dahlem wrote:

>
>On February 13, 2001 at 14:33:51, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On February 13, 2001 at 05:05:01, David Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>Quite a while ago i posted a notice about the incorrect  pgn date tag in CM8000.
>>>I was told by John Merlino that this had been corrected in the patch. But is has
>>>not been corrected. The date is still saved as follows -
>>>[Date "2-12-2001"]
>>>This is not according to the pgn standard and is incompatible with any other
>>>software.
>>>
>>>Dave
>>
>>Whoops, I think that one slipped through the cracks. I'll make sure the team
>>knows about it.
>>
>>At least there's some good news for you. What with this whole snafu with the
>>different versions, it appears that the version number for the "Non-US" patch is
>>going to be 1.0.2, to avoid confusion. When that is released, there is ALSO
>>going to be an update to the "US" 1.0.1 patch, so that all rev numbers will be
>>identical.
>>
>>At least, that's the plan at this time. Stay tuned -- things are really crazy
>>here.
>>
>>jm
>
>Thanks John. Hopefully this date thing doesn't "slip throught the cracks" again
>as it is a real pain to have to change the incorrect date manually.
>
>Dave

This is what the ReadMe for the v1.0.2 patch says:

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The "Date" field in a PGN file is now properly supported in most cases. If you
start a game in Chessmaster, and save it in the PGN format, the date will be in
the international YYYY.MM.DD format. If you edit this field within Chessmaster,
however, using the "Game Information" dialog, it may not be possible to convert
what was entered into the proper format. Date text that is not convertable will
be put in the "Date" field just as it was entered by the user (or loaded in from
a file).
------------

Hopefully, that will be sufficient. Our apologies, again....

jm



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