Lost dates
Lost dates
I'm using AMC 3.5.1.0 (2006-12-24) on Vista x64 and I just realized that all "Date Added:" fields are lost. When I look in .xml file, there are no "date" attributes. When I add a movie and save catalogue, "date" is there, when I resave, "date" is lost.
Just installed 3.5.0.2 and same thing happened there. When I add a movie and save the catalog, movie has date attribute as
Date="27. 2. 2007"
When I close amc and then start it again, date field is empty as if parsing XML failed and naturally when saving catalog date is not saved.
I don't have 32bit Vista, so I can only test in on x64 version with Slovak locales.
Date="27. 2. 2007"
When I close amc and then start it again, date field is empty as if parsing XML failed and naturally when saving catalog date is not saved.
I don't have 32bit Vista, so I can only test in on x64 version with Slovak locales.
It's only lost when I close catalog or to be more precise, when I open catalog.
If I add/edit movies and change date, save, then change other dates and save, I can still see all dates I changed since I opened catalog. When looking at .xml, all changed dates are there, no matter how many times I save catalog.
So to me it seems the problem is when opening catalog and date is not recognized correctly.
If I add/edit movies and change date, save, then change other dates and save, I can still see all dates I changed since I opened catalog. When looking at .xml, all changed dates are there, no matter how many times I save catalog.
So to me it seems the problem is when opening catalog and date is not recognized correctly.
Damn, I installed Vista again - this time 32bit version on completely different computer and same thing happened again. Only this time I lost dates for good. Well I have a month old backup, but what good is it, when I can't load dates properly... Has anybody else reported this problem? Could it be regional settings? I use English Vista with Slovak format, location and language for non-Unicode programs, so date is saved like this Date="14. 5. 2003"
Yes, in XML I have date formatted in Slovak regional settings e.g.
The oldest backup I could dig up was
and date is saved as
so without spaces. Back then I was using XP I guess.
Version still has however version has date with spaces
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Date="14. 5. 2003"
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<AntMovieCatalog Format="33" Version="3.4.3 (2004-03-02)" Date="1.9.2004 19:37:21">
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Date="14.5.2003"
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<AntMovieCatalog Format="35" Version="3.5.0 (2005-05-29)" Date="30.10.2005 23:06:49">
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Date="14.5.2003"
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<AntMovieCatalog Format="35" Version="3.5.1 (2007-08-25)" Date="24. 9. 2007 23:43:49">
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Date="14. 5. 2003"
There is indeed a bug somewhere... I just see now that it is supposed to use slashes instead of dashes. I thought that I forced it to dashes, and as my PC uses dashes I did not notice the problem.
Strange that nobody else confirmed/reported that bug
Well, I will fix it for the next release.
But as long as the file was created with same regional settings as the PC which loads the file, it should work...
Between 3.5.0 and 3.5.1 nothing changed in the program (or nothing should have changed...), it must be due to some change in Windows settings between XP and Vista.
But that is only related to XML. Previously you mentioned problems with AMC files, but in that format date is stored as integer number and so it is not subject to locale settings.
Strange that nobody else confirmed/reported that bug

Well, I will fix it for the next release.
But as long as the file was created with same regional settings as the PC which loads the file, it should work...
Between 3.5.0 and 3.5.1 nothing changed in the program (or nothing should have changed...), it must be due to some change in Windows settings between XP and Vista.
But that is only related to XML. Previously you mentioned problems with AMC files, but in that format date is stored as integer number and so it is not subject to locale settings.