The Evanced exml output format separates the event start date into and start time into . If you follow the readme.txt instructions and create a single date CCK field that includes time, how do you map or concatenate the date1 and time fields so they populate the CCK date field with both date and time?

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#3 Date field settings21.15 KBkreuter
#3 XML mapper settings21.59 KBkreuter

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kreuter
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For your CCK date field settings, you'll want to be sure that "To date" is required and the granularity is Year + Month + Day + Hour + Minute. You should also have "Time zone handling" set to "No time zone conversion."

Then, if you visit the Evanced Events Importer configuration panel and click on the "XML Mapper" tab, you should see a "Suggested Settings" link. If you open that up, these settings are the ones you'll want to try:

date1 = Start & End Date
time = Start Time
endtime = End Time

Hope this helps!

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chicagomom commented

Thanks for your response. If I define one field for Start Date that includes time as suggested, I don't have a separate "Start Time" field to map, just a Start Date field (that also includes the time). Am I missing something?

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new XML mapper settings21.59 KB
new Date field settings21.15 KB

A shot in the dark -- you mention two fields. Do you have more than one date field associated with your event content type? You should only need one -- when you set the granularity to "Year + Month + Day + Hour + Minute" that will include the date as well as the time with the field. Apologies if I'm misunderstanding!

If that doesn't help, maybe you can share some details about your field settings and what you're seeing on the XML mapper tab. A screenshot of your setup might help us troubleshoot, too.

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Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)
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slanger commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (cannot reproduce)

Hi chicagomom:

Did you find a solution to this problem on your own? If not, is there anything we can do to help?

We're hoping you can now successfully use the Evanced Events Importer module. Please let us know.

Thanks!

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jgoodwill01 commented
Status: Closed (cannot reproduce) » Active

I'm having some difficulty with this as well trying to get Ongoing events imported with the correct start and end time.

I've got data coming in from our feed and some fields are matching up but it looks like the date field input format is not correct.

Mapped Elements

title = Title
description = Body
date1 = Start and End Date (Date)
time = Start Time (Date)
endtime = End Time (Date)
enddate1 = Start and End Date (End Date)
blank = Start Time (End Date)
blank = End Time (End Date)
id = Evanced ID

EXML fields

<title>Gallery Event</title>
<date>Monday, July 16, 2012</date>
<time/>
<id>4</id>
<date1>2012/07/16</date1>
<date2>201207160000Gallery Event</date2>
<enddate1>2012/07/20</enddate1>

Output in node

Date
July 20th, 2012 (All day)

End Date
July 20th, 2012

Evanced ID
4

I can't figure out why both the to and from values in the "Date" field are coming up 2012/07/20 as well as the "End Date" field value is 2012/07/20. When the start date is 2012/7/16.

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Status: Active » Closed (cannot reproduce)

Hi jgoodwill01! Sorry you're experiencing this problem--we'd be happy to help. But since this is a new problem, would you mind re-posting this as a new issue? Thanks! I'm closing the original issue.