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tripp-bishop
Mentor
11 years ago

Customize date format of messge-list OOB component

Hi guys,   Is there anyway to customize the date format used in the "Latest Post" column of the message-list of the component? I know that I can choose a format from the Admin plugin but I need a f...
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NicoB
Lithium Alumni (Retired)
11 years ago

Hi tripp-bishop 

I'm afraid but if the proposed date formats available in the admin console don't suit your need, you have to get in touch with Lithium professional services to allow you to customize the Latest Post column so that you will be able build any date format you need.

Currently there is no way to customize the content of a message list without Lithium Professional Services engagement.

 

Thanks,

 

Nico

  • tripp-bishop's avatar
    tripp-bishop
    Mentor
    11 years ago

    I suspected that this was the answer but thought that I'd ask anyways just in case there was something easy I was missing.

    • jferrandis's avatar
      jferrandis
      Expert
      9 years ago

      Hi

       

      You can make a custom component to control the date format. It's some quite easy develpment. 

       

      tips: use the context to get the message

       

      example:

      <#-- check if you are in a message context -->
<#if env.context.message.uniqueId??>
<#-- make your query -->
<#assign postTimeDataQuery = rest("2.0","/search?q=" + "SELECT post_time FROM messages WHERE id = '${env.context.message.uniqueId?c}'"?url) />

<#if postTimeDataQuery.status =="success" && postTimeDataQuery.data.size gt 0  ><#-- make sure you have some result -->
<#-- now you can format date --> 
<#assign myFormattedDate = postTimeDataQuery.data.items[0].post_time?myCustomFormat
<span class="foo"><${myFormattedDate}</span>

</#if>

</#if>

      Here is the available builts-in for date in freemarker