Re: adapting scan.default to show local TZ date ... "use %(datetolocal{date}) before outputting date" < worked/thanks!

[Tom]

On Sat 12/28/19 13:33 -0500 Ken Hornstein wrote:
>>In the last few years, I see more email that has no local
>>timezone, as in 
>>
>>    Sat, 28 Dec 2019 13:59:24 +0000
>>
>>Please give an example of a 'scan' format file that converts
>>dates to my local time zone.
>
>We actually had a huge discussion about this a few years ago, and you
>can find the details here with a number of examples (the huge discussion
>was about whether or not it should be the default).
>
>  https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/nmh-workers/2014-12/msg00065.html
>
>But the executive summary is "use %(datetolocal{date}) before outputting
>the date".  

Great/that worked for me!

--
thanks Ken,
Tom

>Here's the default scan format with that change (admittedly, since
>the default scan format only outputs the day and not the time, it doesn't
>change much):
>
>%4(msg)%<(cur)+%| %>%<{replied}-%?{encrypted}E%| %>\
>%(date2local{date})%02(mon{date})/%02(mday{date})%<{date} %|*%>\
>%<(mymbox{from})%<{to}To:%14(unquote(decode(friendly{to})))%>%>\
>%<(zero)%17(unquote(decode(friendly{from})))%>  \
>%(decode{subject})%<{body}<<%{body}>>%>
>
>We should probably include a scan format in the distribution that includes
>a call to date2local as an example.
>
>--Ken
>