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

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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