Good Day . . . I created this format "%D{%A, %e %B %Y}" for my Reply. Unfortunately it just repeats the date from the email message. That is the date it was received and not the current date of the reply. Even %d repeats that date from the email message and not the current date. I used Preferences>Compose>Templates>Reply. I just started using your email client and I am very happy. If I am doing something wrong with the format please let me know. Thank You. Hope this helps. plmlbn
This is intended behaviour and not a bug. You could create an Action to achieve what you want.
Thank You for the reply. It was appreciated. Two points. 1. I tried your suggestion for an 'action'. I downloaded the necessary script, fix_date.sh. Unfortunately, the script errored out on line 13 with "./fix_date.sh: 13: ./fix_date.sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected". My bash scripting knowledge is not sufficient for me to fully debug a script so I'll just pass this on to you. My bash is GNU Bash-4.2, 28 December 2010 on Kubuntu 12.04.3. 2. I realise that you know more about this than I do but I fail to see the logic in inserting a date in a reply that is just a repeat of the message date. I used a message from 2012 to practice on and I just kept repeating the 2012 date. May I suggest a wishlist comment for a 'simple' method of inserting the current date (and time?) in a message reply. Thank You Keep up the good work
> 1. I tried your suggestion for an 'action'. I downloaded the necessary script, > fix_date.sh. Unfortunately, the script errored out on line 13 with That script is for inserting a date *header* rather than entering a date into the reply itself. I suspect, it could be modifed to do that, but like you, my bash knowledge isn't up to the task. > 2. I realise that you know more about this than I do but I fail to see the > logic in inserting a date in a reply that is just a repeat of the message > date. I used a message from 2012 to practice on and I just kept repeating > the 2012 date. The date you're setting up using the %D{fmt} method in the Reply->Templates section of preferences is for the attribution of quoted mail. Therefore, it has to be the date of the message you're replying to. > May I suggest a wishlist comment for a 'simple' method of inserting the current > date (and time?) in a message reply. That option would be handy at times.