Mon 21 Sep 2009 04:22:12 AM UTC, original submission:
(MingW based) PSPP 0.6.1, OS Windows XP Service Pack 3.
In PSPPire when entering a date, directly into a date formatted cell in Data View, an error will appear for each number or deliminator pressed until a complete valid date is entered.
For example, entering the date 1-2-1900 I get an error after entering '1'
("data file warning: (DATE field) Delimiter expected between fields in date.
data file warning: (DATE field) Delimiter expected between fields in date.")
After entering '-'
("data file warning: (DATE field) Unrecognized month format. Months may be specified as Arabic or Roman numerals or as at least 3 letters of their English names.
data file warning: (DATE field) Unrecognized month format. Months may be specified as Arabic or Roman numerals or as at least 3 letters of their English names.")
After entering '2'
("data file warning: (DATE field) Delimiter expected between fields in date.
data file warning: (DATE field) Delimiter expected between fields in date.")
After entering '-'
("data file warning: (DATE field) Syntax error in date field.
data file warning: (DATE field) Syntax error in date field.")
After entering '1'
No Error
After entering '9'
No Error
After entering '0'
("data file warning: (DATE field) Date 0190-2-1 is before the earliest acceptable date of 1582-10-15.
data file warning: (DATE field) Date 0190-2-1 is before the earliest acceptable date of 1582-10-15.")
After entering '0'
No Error.
I now have a valid date entered.
Kind regards
Joe Cook.
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