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> The support for this time: formatting macro was not implemented in the ISL.
> It now is and will be in tonight's nightly build.
>
My bad. It actually was implemented currently. You just had the wrong macro
prefix/suffix.
> However, we don't use the "%" to delineate the macro. We use "${" and "}",
> e.g.:
> <overlay text="Maximum Daily Temperature on ${time:MMM dd, yyyy}"
> color="black" anchor="UM" place="UM,10,20" fontsize="32"/>
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> Otherwise it is just the same as for the legend label and display list.
>
-Jeff
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RGP-657308
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Emergency
Status: Closed