Handles fields of date type.

The Date extraction rule applies to Legacy Publishing only. It is intended to detect a field as a date and to manage it as such. As a consequence, blocks containing a date are extracted as date blocks with relevant attributes, not as field blocks containing a date as a string.
Note: This rule adds a date type XML element to the XML document. It is associated with the date XSL template, described in the date.xsl file. On the webized page, a calendar pops-up when clicking on the date, to select the appropriate value.

Property Type Category Description
Am/pm marker boolean configuration Includes the am_pm_marker attribute.
Comment String configuration Describes the object comment to include in the documentation report.
This property generally contains an explanation about the object.
Day in month boolean configuration Includes the day attribute.
The day is included on two digits, from 01 to 31.
Day in week, long name boolean configuration Includes the day_in_week_long attribute.
The day is included in full spelling.
Day in week, short name boolean configuration Includes the day_in_week_short attribute.
The day is included in short (Mon, Tue, Wed, etc.).
Format String configuration Defines the date format.
This property defines the pattern to be complied with for the field to be recognized as a date (for example, dd/mm/yyyy). For more information on usable symbols, see Appendix “Date format - Usable symbols”.
Hour in am/pm (0-11) boolean configuration Includes the hour_in_day_0_to_11 attribute.
Hour in am/pm (1-12) boolean configuration Includes the hour_in_day_1_to_12 attribute.
Hour in day (0-23) boolean configuration Includes the hour_in_day_0_to_23 attribute.
Hour in day (1-24) boolean configuration Includes the hour_in_day_1_to_24 attribute.
Is active boolean configuration Defines whether the extraction rule is active.
Is final boolean configuration Defines if the extraction is final, i.e. whether pending extraction rules should try to match on the current extraction rule matching blocks.

If set to true, once the rule applies on a matching block, Convertigo doesn’t apply the following rules on this block. This can be used to prevent a block from being modified by other rules.
Language String configuration Defines the language of the date (ISO 639 compliant).
Millisecond boolean configuration Includes the milliseconds attribute.
Minute in hour boolean configuration Includes the minutes attribute.
Month in year boolean configuration Includes the month attribute.
The month is included on two digits, from 01 to 12.
Month in year, long name boolean configuration Includes the month_name_long attribute.
The month is included in full spelling.
Month in year, short name boolean configuration Includes the month_name_short attribute.
The month is included in short (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, etc.).
Second in minute boolean configuration Includes the seconds attribute.
Time zone (General time zone) boolean configuration Includes the time_zone_text attribute.
Time zone (RFC 822 time zone) boolean configuration Includes the time_zone_number attribute.
The time zone is included in accordance with the RFC-822 standard.
Week in month boolean configuration Includes the week_in_month attribute.
The week of the month is included on two digits.
Week in year boolean configuration Includes the week_in_year attribute.
The week of the year is included on two digits, from 01 to 52.
Year boolean configuration Includes the year attribute.
The year is included on four digits.
Attributes int selection Defines the presentation attributes on which the rule applies, i.e. the rule applies on blocks matching these presentation attributes.
This property allows to configure the rule so that it applies only to parts of screens having specific attributes, for example green text on black background.
Presentation attributes to configure are :

• Color: Foreground color, Background color, to choose in a list of predefined colors or “not to take into account”.
• Decoration: bold, reverse, underlined, blink, for each decoration choose between “with the decoration”, “normal” (i.e. without the decoration), or “not to take into account”.
Screen zone XMLRectangle selection Defines the screen zone on which the rule applies, i.e. the rule applies on blocks completely contained in this screen area.
This property allows to configure the rule so that it applies only to areas of screens. All blocks found within the specified perimeter are matching this screen zone and can be processed by the rule.
The screen area is defined through four coordinates:

• x (area left corner),
• y (area upper corner),
• w (area width),
• h (area height).

All values are given in characters, with the upper left corner being (x=0, y=0).
-1 represents an undefined value: (x=-1, y=-1, w=-1, h=-1) is an undefined area representing the whole screen, i.e. all blocks, whatever their coordinates, are matching this screen zone and can be processed by the rule.
Type String selection Defines, using a regular expression, to which block types the rule applies.
For example, if set to:

• static, the rule applies to blocks of static type only.
• static | field, the rule applies to blocks of static or field type only.
• [^field], the rule applies to all but field type blocks.

Notes:

• For more information about regular expression patterns, see the following page: http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html.
• To test regular expressions, you can use the regular expression tester at the following URL: http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascriptexample.html.