Author: David Dahlem
Date: 21:32:48 02/13/01
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On February 13, 2001 at 21:48:17, John Merlino wrote: >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: > >------------ >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 It says "in most cases". Which cases will it not be supported? Running tournaments the pgn is saved automatically by Chessmaster and that is where a lot of my time has to be spent correcting the incorrect date format. Dave
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