text>numbers>date in CAPITALS?
by Scott (Scott G)
on
Jun 21, 2006 at 12:16:36 pm
is there a simple way to get after effects to display the current date in a format of my choice, rather than the dd/mm/yyyy format in the numbers effect? what if i want mm - dd, or m/d - yyyy?
Re: text>numbers>date in CAPITALS? by Lloyd Alvarez on Jun 21, 2006 at 5:40:47 pm
Create a text layer and apply this expression to the Source Text property:
part = Date(0).split(" ");
month=part[1];
day=part[2];
year=part[3];
if (month=="Jan") {month="01"}
if (month=="Feb") {month="02"}
if (month=="Mar") {month="03"}
if (month=="Apr") {month="04"}
if (month=="May") {month="05"}
if (month=="Jun") {month="06"}
if (month=="Jul") {month="07"}
if (month=="Aug") {month="08"}
if (month=="Sep") {month="09"}
if (month=="Oct") {month="10"}
if (month=="Nov") {month="11"}
if (month=="Dec") {month="12"}
// the following line is where you can change the formatting:
Re: text>numbers>date in CAPITALS? by Scott on Jun 21, 2006 at 11:44:34 pm
thanks, that's exactly what i was after. i came across the date() code last night, but then wasn't sure if i could use IF statements in expressions. i know i could use them in scripts but i didn't think expressions could contain such things.
now that i know, well, it opens up a world of possibilities!
and much more elegant that simply using multiple instances of the effect and masking. :p
