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    Text "Effective due date" preceding date

    • Article Type: Q&A
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20

    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