Cliff ([info]klfjoat) wrote in [info]deepestsender,
@ 2007-06-10 18:09:00
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Can't post to Blogger.com because of a date/time format error
I'm running DeepestSender 0.8 on Firefox 2.0.0.4 (although this happened on 2.0.0.3 as well) on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04/kernel 2.6.20-15/SMP/i686). 

I didn't know that DS worked with Blogger for the longest time, so I recently tried it.  When I try posting to Blogger, I get the following popup message:
Alert
Error sending post: [Line 2, Column 222, element published] Invalid date/time format: 
'2007-06-10T22:51Z'.


I've looked for options that could change that, and didn't notice any. Any idea what's going on?

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[info]theswede
2007-06-10 11:29 pm UTC (link)
Looks like a borked ISO8601 date string; the timezone is missing. Do you have a correct timezone set? I don't know if Firefox maintains its own timezone setting, it should ask the OS if it behaves correctly.

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[info]theswede
2007-06-10 11:34 pm UTC (link)
Or actually, just a Z would mean UTC, so ignore that. I should know better than to post when I can't sleep cuz I've got a headache. So the problem might be those ', or "'". Unless, of course, Blogger doesn't speak ISO8601 ... which would be curious, but given what I know about the software, not entirely impossible.

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same here
(Anonymous)
2007-06-17 06:10 pm UTC (link)
Same deal here,

Firefox 2.0.0.4
Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) 2.6.17-11-386

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date format
(Anonymous)
2007-08-03 06:11 pm UTC (link)
Looks like Google changed something about how it wants dates to be represented. in the jar file I commented out //post.date = new Date();

from blogger.js -- and now I can post -- but there are still problems with history.

theblogger@casualpenguin.com

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Re: date format
(Anonymous)
2007-08-03 06:21 pm UTC (link)
theblogger@casualpenguin.com

over - nevermind on the previous reply -- the fix is.

in atom.js
change
var iso8601 = this.date.toISO8601String(4);
to
var iso8601 = this.date.toISO8601String(5);

Google expects the seconds to be displayed in the timestamp

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Re: date format
(Anonymous)
2007-08-16 06:46 am UTC (link)
ok, so I was a little confused by this post from Todd, but I've gotten in touch with him and he cleared things up for me. Hopefully what I've learned will help someone else.

Blogger Date/Time Fix:
•Make sure Firefox and Deepest Sender are closed.
•In Windows XP, navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\CURRENT USER NAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\SOME NUMBER.default\extensions\{SOME LONG STRING}\chrome
•Please note that this path is different from computer to computer and you may have to hunt for it. It should be similar, however.
•you're looking for "deepestsender.jar" - this is an archive file. the easiest thing to do is rename it from .jar to .zip and then extract the files to a temporary folder.
•Next, you'll need to locate the "atom.js" file. (Located in the content/protocols folder)
•Edit atom.js in your favorite text editor.
•Find and replace "var iso8601 = this.date.toISO8601String(4);" with "var iso8601 = this.date.toISO8601String(5);"
•Save your changes and zip your files back up. Rename the archive back to "deepestsender.jar".
•You're done. Restart Firefox and crank up Deepest Sender. Happy Blogging!

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Re: date format
(Anonymous)
2007-08-18 10:40 pm UTC (link)
It took me a while to figure this out, but I was able to use this fix to get Deepest Sender working again with Blogger. I posted what I did on my blog at:
http://www.soot-n-smoke.com/tsayles/2007/08/fixing-deepest-sender.html

Hope this helps.

TTFN
Tom

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Re: date format
(Anonymous)
2007-08-19 12:07 am UTC (link)
It looks like the fix was made in the CVS source at MozDev.org (http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/deepestsender/src/content/protocols/atom.js.diff?r1=1.15&r2=1.16&f=h), so I would expect it to be in the next official release.

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Re: date format
(Anonymous)
2007-10-23 02:07 pm UTC (link)
Same problem

Shall I call it 'dating' problem?

I will be trying your method.
Thanks
Dr. Ashok Koparday
http://mysexdoctor.blogspot.com

Shock:
I did not know that spell check would give these results for

my first name "Ashok"
Shock, Ask, Ashes,

Thankfully ASS OK is not shown.


and last name "Koparday"

Payday, Leopard, Soaped,

The pronunciation is "Coperday", Co as in Co-author.

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Date Time Format
(Anonymous)
2007-06-22 08:42 pm UTC (link)
First Time I have ever tried DS and I got the same Date/Time error message.
I cant seem to find anyone post stating a fix...

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the same here
(Anonymous)
2007-06-30 07:30 pm UTC (link)
The same happens to me, it's the first time i try DS, I'm on windows XP, firefox 2.0.0.3.
I was hoping I was doing something wrong, it's a shame it doesn't work.

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Re: the same here
(Anonymous)
2007-07-03 02:42 pm UTC (link)
And also the same here, using windows xp and firefox 2.0.0.4

No post goes through, even an empty one, stating there is an invalid date/time format...

Pitty, 'cause the addon looked promising...

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Same exact error but with DeepestSender 0.8 + FireFox 2.0.0.5
(Anonymous)
2007-07-19 10:37 pm UTC (link)
First time install and use.. I'm getting same error posting to blogger with DeepestSender 0.8 + FireFox 2.0.0.5 on Win XP SP2

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The same problem
[info]elenas
2007-07-26 05:04 am UTC (link)
Firefox 2.0.0.5, Win2K.

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Re: The same problem on DS 0.8
[info]drthomasho
2007-08-02 04:18 am UTC (link)
FF 2.0.0.6
Windows XP SP2

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waiting for fix
(Anonymous)
2007-08-07 02:51 am UTC (link)
too much people with the same problem,,it is time to do something

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Same problem...
[info]azarus
2007-08-13 06:18 am UTC (link)
I just found this extension and I was really excited about it. I spent about 10 minutes writing a review as a fresh post to my blogger account, and when I was satisfied, I clicked "post" --- same error as listed above...

I've been looking for something like this for a long time... hope this gets resolved soon...

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Re: Same problem...
[info]azarus
2007-08-13 06:20 am UTC (link)
Using xp media center and Firefox 2.0.0.6 with DS 0.8.0

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Re: Same problem...
(Anonymous)
2008-06-06 01:17 pm UTC (link)
I have the same problem too...
And if i change the var iso8601 from 4 to 5 i have a problem in the firefox window (the state bar (the lower one, at bottom of the screen) became higher!

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Re: Same problem...
(Anonymous)
2008-06-06 01:19 pm UTC (link)
I have Firefox 2.0.0.14 and MacOsX 10.4.11 (tiger)

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Re: Same problem...
[info]azarus
2008-06-06 05:58 pm UTC (link)
Blogger Date/Time Fix:

* Make sure Firefox and Deepest Sender are closed.
* In windows XP, navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\[current user name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\hz4x3hq1.default\extensions\{B9DAB69C-460E-4085-AE6C-F95B0D858581}\chrome
* Please note that this path may differ on your computer and you may have to hunt for it manually. It should be similar, however.
* The file you're looking for is "deepestsender.jar" - this is an archive file. the easiest thing to do is rename it from .jar to .zip and then extract the files to a temporary folder. (Note that if you use WinRAR then you will not need to change the file name.)
* Next, you'll need to locate the "atom.js" file. (Located in the content/protocols folder)
* Edit atom.js in notepad or your favorite text editor (I recommend Notepad++).
* Find and replace "var iso8601 = this.date.toISO8601String(4);" with "var iso8601 = this.date.toISO8601String(5);"
* Save your changes and zip your files back up (Right click on the folder and select send to - compressed folder). Rename the archive to "deepestsender.jar".
* You're done. Restart Firefox and crank up Deepest Sender. Happy Blogging!

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