How to use ft_datetime in content plugins?

[Alessandro]

Hi,

I would like to export a ft_datetime field instead of a pair of ft_date+ft_time fields for better sorting in TC.
But there is no tdatetimeformat struct.

Is it possible at all to export a ft_datetime field?

Thanks,
Alessandro Portale

[VadiMGP]

2Alessandro
RTFM ft_datetime rerturned not as structure. Look at ContentGetSupportedField() definition:

ft_datetime - A timestamp of type FILETIME, as returned e.g. by FindFirstFile(). It is a 64-bit value representing the number of 100-nanosecond intervals since January 1, 1601. The time MUST be relative to universal time (Greenwich mean time) as returned by the file system, not local time!

[Alessandro]

2Alessandro
RTFM ft_datetime rerturned not as structure. Look at ContentGetSupportedField() definition:

ft_datetime - A timestamp of type FILETIME, as returned e.g. by FindFirstFile(). It is a 64-bit value representing the number of 100-nanosecond intervals since January 1, 1601. The time MUST be relative to universal time (Greenwich mean time) as returned by the file system, not local time!

Well the first time I read id, I didn't to learn from that manual paragraph that a datetime cannot be returned.

But apart from that, I have now the opinion that it is better to return separate fields for date and time, anyway. The user can put them together in the custom channel configuration in a way he/she likes. That is much more flexible.

Content plugins are so cool!
I wished "Column handler" shell extensions would be so flexible.


Alessandro Portale