Hi, is it possible to adjust the “Page Setup Dialog” so that the date is also inserted in the appropriate language? (1)
This affects the variables ${ISSUE_DATE} and ${CURRENT_DATE}, as can be seen quite well in (2 & 3).
LG
Lutz
LG
Lutz
I’ve been hoping to see a system date/time that I could add to a schematic title block. And I don’t mean the hard-coded Issue date which is only handy when the first rev is released. The time I really want date-printed is during development (before issue) when I am making changes and want to toss the older sheets.
You could do this in 7.99/8.0 by using custom text variables and then assigning them a value on the command line during plotting of a PDF.
Something like kicad-cli sch export pdf -DMY_DATE=$(date +%d.%m.%Y) <...>
@teletypeguy, you can use it however you want, I’m concerned with the correct display and expression in the language in which I work and that is German.
@craftyjon, Unfortunately I’m using Windows and can’t do anything with the command line.
LG Lutz
If you do not want to do anything with the command line, that is your choice, but it certainly works fine on Windows. Note that like I said, this capability to override variables is not present yet in the stable release, so if you wanted to use this technique you’d probably want to wait until 8.0 is released.
For me the only proper date format is:
And adopting it as a worldwide standard is the only way to get some organization into the current mess. It also helps with backups, as filenames starting with such a date always nicely sort alphanumerically, and that is another reason I adopted it many years ago.
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