How to sort by date

[BlueJaye]

So I'm just getting started with CL vNext after a long time away from the project. For this new campaign, I want to have very strict time tracking. I see that one of the log sort options is "Sort by In-Game Time (%)" but how this actually works is really confusing me.

Does using the In-Game Time sort look for date tags in specific fields? Once it finds date tags, how does it sort them? Alphanumerically or is there a specific DateTime format I should be using with my %date tags?

 

[JochenL]

The % date tag support three formats:

• slash: mm/dd/yyyy
• dash: yyyy-mm-dd
• dot: dd.mm.yyyy

d = day, m = month, y = year

So, Dec 21, 2022 in these formats look like this:

• slash: 12/21/2022
• dash: 2022-12-21
• dot: 21.12.2022

You can mix the formats to your liking. You can select your preferred format in the settings.

The dates are parsed and ordered by years, within years by months, and within months by days.
The system looks within your entry text for dates to parse.
It works best when only one date is given per entry.

 

[ExileInParadise]

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[GM Rob]

The in-game date system for Starfinder measures years from "The Gap", a period of obscured history that ended a little over 300 years ago. Thus, dates are of the form "Sixthday, Sarenith 23, 321 AG", or %6/23/321 in CL (Sarenith being the 6th month of the year). The 3-character year seems to parse fine as far as I can tell.

 

[BlueJaye]

Amazing. Thanks so much for the explanation!