Question

The text "Effective due date" sometimes appears in the GUI Circ "Due Date" column, preceding the date -- and sometimes doesn't. Where does this text come from and why does it sometimes appear and sometimes not?

Answer

The text "Effective due date" -- which may also appear in the cir-13 ("Recall Items on Loan") notices and in the OPAC -- is coming from the ./error_eng/format_due_date file. This could be the ./u21_n/alephe/error_eng/format_due_date file; or, if none, the ./a21_n/alephe/error_eng/format_due_date file.

Two factors determine which format_due_date message appears:

1. whether the item is recalled, and
2. the value of $alephe_root/aleph_start due_date_format

If the due_date_format is "1",
the format_due_date message which appears for a non-recalled item is 0001 and
the message for a recalled item is 0101.
If the due_date_format is "2",
the format_due_date message which appears for a non-recalled item is 0002 and
the message for a recalled item is 0102.
Likewise for "3" and "4".

If the site doesn't do recalls {that is, the z37 (hold request) recall-type is always "3" (hold)}, then format_due_date message 0101 can and should be changed to:

0101 0000 L $1

Additional Information

This is the entire, as-delivered, version 22, ./error_eng/format_due_date file

! No recall
0001 0000 L $1
0002 0000 L $1
0003 0000 L $1
0004 0000 L $1

! Recalled
0101 0000 L Effective due date: $1
0102 0000 L Recalled due date: $1
0103 0000 L Due date: $1 - Recalled
0104 0000 L Recalled $1 Originally due: $2

! No recall, display estimated recall-date
0110 0000 L $1 - After Recall: $2

The following Articles may be of interest:

000018894 Display of Due Date in Aleph ("After Recall ...")
000019292 Effective due date" text showing on 'no recall' holds
000002853 Recalled Items show original due-date instead of recall-due-date

• Article last edited: 3/13/2014