Walter Nissen

Greetings.

ISO 8601-compliant date-format in signature

Would you like to sign your contributions to talk pages with an ISO 8601-compliant date format?

1 ) Login
2 ) Click on "My preferences" at the top of your logged-in page
3 ) If needed, click on "User Profile" near the top of that page
4 ) In the Signature box, if needed, check the small box:
"Treat the above as wiki markup"
5 ) Insert this text in the larger box just above the small box:

Your ID here ([[User_talk:Your_ID_here|talk]]){{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{SUBST:CURRENTDAY2}}{{SUBST:CURRENTTIME}}

6 ) In that box, edit the text in 2 places, inserting your ID
7 ) If you used copy-paste to insert text in the larger box, also insert any spaces which were lost at the end of lines. For example, if your browser had broken the text you inserted into 3 lines, then insert 2 spaces, one at the end of each of the first 2 lines.
8 ) Click on "Save" near the bottom of the page
9 ) Each time you sign an edit, use 3 tildes, ~~~, instead of 4.

Walter Nissen (talk) 2010-07-17 00:38

ISO 8601-compliant date-format in signature

Would you like to sign your contributions to talk pages with an ISO 8601-compliant date format?

1 ) Login
2 ) Click on "My preferences" at the top of your logged-in page
3 ) If needed, click on "User Profile" near the top of that page
4 ) In the Signature box, if needed, check the small box:
"Treat the above as wiki markup"
5 ) Insert this text in the larger box just above the small box:

[[User:Your ID here|Your ID here]] ([[User_talk:Your_ID_here|talk]]) {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{SUBST:CURRENTDAY2}} {{SUBST:CURRENTTIME}}

6 ) In that box, edit the text in 3 places, inserting your ID
7 ) If you used copy-paste to insert text in the larger box, also insert any spaces which were lost at the end of lines. For example, if your browser had broken the text you inserted into 3 lines, then insert 2 spaces, one at the end of each of the first 2 lines.
8 ) Click on "Save" near the bottom of the page
9 ) Each time you sign an edit, use 3 tildes, ~~~, instead of 4.

Walter Nissen (talk) 2010-07-21 12:59