Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:26:03 02/14/01
Go up one level in this thread
On February 14, 2001 at 00:32:48, David Dahlem wrote: > >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 That case will work fine. The cases in which it will not work are: 1) The user entered some text into the Date field of the "Game Information" dialog that is not convertable, like "February 14th, 2001". 2) A PGN file was loaded that had unconvertable text already in the date field. Games that were created by Chessmaster (like tournament games) and then saved in PGN will be in the proper format. jm
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.