Sort by a date tv
Objective
Sort by a custom date stored in a template variable and have that date be displayed in a human readable form in the placeholder.
Steps
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Create the template variable "myDate" with the input type "Date" and the widget "Unixtime" making sure it is available to your template
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Append
&sortBy=`myDate` &dateSource=`myDate`
to your Ditto call
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Append
&dateFormat=`%c`
to your Ditto call where "%c" is one of the formats below:
Property Description %a abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale %A full weekday name according to the current locale %b abbreviated month name according to the current locale %B full month name according to the current locale %c preferred date and time representation for the currentlocale %C century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated toan integer, range 00 to 99) %d day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31) %D same as %m/%d/%y %e day of the month as a decimal number, a single digit ispreceded by a space (range "1" to "31") %g like %G, but without the century. %G The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V).This has the same format and value as %Y, except that if the ISO week number belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. %h same as %b %H hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23) %I hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12) %j day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366) %m month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12) %M minute as a decimal number %n newline character %p either "am" or "pm" according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale %r time in a.m. and p.m. notation %R time in 24 hour notation %S second as a decimal number %t tab character %T current time, equal to %H:%M:%S
%u weekday as a decimal number [1,7], with 1 representing Monday %U week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week %V The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week. (Use %G or %g for the year component that corresponds to the week number for the specified timestamp.) %W week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week %w day of the week as a decimal, Sunday being 0 %x preferred date representation for the current locale without the time %X preferred time representation for the current locale without the date %y year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99) %Y year as a decimal number including the century %Z or %z time zone or name or abbreviation %% a literal "%" character
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