Default for new point, no time only date
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When I create a new point it defaults to the current date and time.
I would prefer to just default to the date, no time stamp. Is there a way to change this?
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Create quick points. You can define the name yourself and then it will be assigned automatically.
Create quick points. You can define the name yourself and then it will be assigned automatically.
Thanks! But as far as I can tell, quick points have the same problem. I can define the name as {t}, but that gives date and time. I can't see a way to get date only.
Thanks! But as far as I can tell, quick points have the same problem. I can define the name as {t}, but that gives date and time. I can't see a way to get date only.
{t} - yeah I have the same issue - lots of times when you add a not-so-quick-point you want just the date; but maybe also in a different or more compact format, maybe without spaces or hyphens or "_at_".
for example {t} --> 2025-08-08 at 08:53
but maybe I just want 20250808
Then you have to edit the point & delete the time, delete "_at_", delete 3 hyphens. Quick?
I made a related suggestion on this @ https://help.locusmap.eu/topic/38061-display-any-other-fields-when-adding-quick-point but was declined.
BUT there is an existing mechanism, already used elsewhere in Locus for flexible date/time formatting - see settings > track recording > any-profile > track format name > Time format; and funny enough it uses the same {t} field name
This same mechanism could be used as a new setting with the quick point settings when {t} is specified in the Name:
{t} - yeah I have the same issue - lots of times when you add a not-so-quick-point you want just the date; but maybe also in a different or more compact format, maybe without spaces or hyphens or "_at_".
for example {t} --> 2025-08-08 at 08:53
but maybe I just want 20250808
Then you have to edit the point & delete the time, delete "_at_", delete 3 hyphens. Quick?
I made a related suggestion on this @ https://help.locusmap.eu/topic/38061-display-any-other-fields-when-adding-quick-point but was declined.
BUT there is an existing mechanism, already used elsewhere in Locus for flexible date/time formatting - see settings > track recording > any-profile > track format name > Time format; and funny enough it uses the same {t} field name
This same mechanism could be used as a new setting with the quick point settings when {t} is specified in the Name:
It's obvious that the timestamp *can* be edited, because I was able to set tracks to default to date only. Just not points, quick or otherwise.
It's obvious that the timestamp *can* be edited, because I was able to set tracks to default to date only. Just not points, quick or otherwise.
The time is at the end and doesn't bother me at all. Sometimes I really want to have it.
The time is at the end and doesn't bother me at all. Sometimes I really want to have it.
Hello John,
we are talking about not to see this value in the detail of point and in the list in My Library?
Why this value should be a problem and why other may find useful not to see it?
Hello John,
we are talking about not to see this value in the detail of point and in the list in My Library?
Why this value should be a problem and why other may find useful not to see it?
Oki, understand.
In the next app version will be new "New point name time format" preferences in the app "Expert settings" allowing more precise setup of the time format.
Oki, understand.
In the next app version will be new "New point name time format" preferences in the app "Expert settings" allowing more precise setup of the time format.
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