transform modifiers with date and time placeholders in snippets

[sibicle]

I would hope this would work in my snippet:

 

edit: specifically the ".lowercase" part

 

{date:EEEE MMM d, yyyy.lowercase}

 

but seemingly it does not. am I missing something?

 

if this doesn't work by design, feature request? 🙂

Edited May 4, 2021 by sibicle
clarify body of post

[giovanni]

hi @sibicle welcome to the forum! Date formatting works in snippets, how do you want the output to look like?

[sibicle]

I should have been more specific in the body of my post, sorry.

 

I am specifically wondering about the transform modifier

 

.lowercase

 

it works fine if I just do the formatting

 

{date:EEEE MMM d, yyyy}

 

gives me

 

Tuesday May 4, 2021

 

however

 

{date:EEEE MMM d, yyyy.lowercase}

 

ends up as (just picks up the period)

 

Tuesday May 4, 2021.

 

Edited May 4, 2021 by sibicle
wording

[deanishe]

1 hour ago, sibicle said:

am I missing something?

 

It doesn’t work with dates, only with clipboard and variables.

 

Looks like you'll need to set a variable to your date placeholder, then apply the lowercase transform separately.

[sibicle]

I tried using the workflow feature to accomplish what I am after.

 

 

while the transform works for the text variable, it's a no go for the date:

 

 

also, strangely, 'MMMM', which the official documentation lists as the format string for month name, gives...whatever that number is.

[deanishe]

8 hours ago, sibicle said:

while the transform works for the text variable

 

You can't set the variable and then use it in the same element. You need two Arg & Vars: one to set the variable to your date string, another to lowercase the variable.

 

8 hours ago, sibicle said:

strangely, 'MMMM', which the official documentation lists as the format string for month name

 

It works for me.