Slave History Entry DateTime Filter/Sorting broken

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Hey Guys,

we are on Deadline 10.0.29.0 (but this has been broken since I’ve noticed it on 10.0.23.0).
The Entry Datetime fields on the slave or job history windows seem to record the datetime in american format and are hence not able to be properly sorted/filtered in a European continent.

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By default there isn’t a column named ‘Entry DateTime’ so that makes me think you’ve got a custom data column. You’ll need to format it properly so it’s sort-able, as it’s sorted alphanumerically.

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Hi Justin, this isn’t right.
I’m running a default Deadline 10.0 install.
On the Slave panel, right click a node and then ‘View Slave History…’
The Column visible in the image supplied by OP is there.

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I bet I was looking at the Slave panel instead of the History one!

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Could we escalate this to get a fix?
It does look like the values are just being sorted as strings alphanumerically rather than datetimes.

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We won’t put a fix into an older version but just testing on my local install it seems that the Monitor doesn’t respect your local date formatting at all. This is running 10.1.9.2 and I’m seeing YYYY/MM/DD everywhere except for the Worker History. I’ve got my local machine set to DD/MM/YYYY, so either the Monitor latched onto the setting I had when it was first installed or that’s hard-coded.

Are you seeing the same behavior? Just want to double check before I write up a bug report.

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Hi Justin I’m running 10.0.22.3 but that is exactly what I am experiencing too; datetime fields everywhere are displaying YYYY/MM/DD with the exception of those individual History Logs (which display DD/MM/YYYY and sort alphanumerically).

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Correction: the Slave History log is displaying the Entry Datetime field MM/DD/YYYY and sorting alphanumerically.
Everything else is YYYY/MM/DD

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+1 for this, it’s been broken for as long as I can remember. Only affects the Slave History Log.

Like @Hal wrote, timestamps are listed as MM/DD/YYYY strings, which is all kinds of useless for sorting.

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Got it, bug report has been filed!

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Wow, I’ve been away for a bit haha…

Thanks for filing that report! :slight_smile:

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I know this is much later, but, I have a workaround for people who’d like a temp fix.

Notes

  • This was tested only on Windows 10, Deadline Monitor 10.1.12.1
  • You’ll still see the format listed in MM-DD-YYYY, but it’ll sort properly.
  • Thanks to @Justin_B for the idea to look into the system’s date formatting :slight_smile:

Instructions

  • Windows Settings :arrow_right: Time & Language :arrow_right: Region (left sidebar) :arrow_right: “Change data formats” (at the bottom)
  • Change Short Date to YYYY-MM-DD.
  • If Deadline Monitor is open, reopen it to see changes.
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