Trouble with calendar.js

MMM-kludo

Hi:

After the update to the current version failed at the weekend, I have completely reinstalled my MagicMirror². This has also worked in principle. However, the calendar module now always shows me absolute timeFormat. This was not the case before and I cannot change it. The setting [timeFormat: “relative”] does not work. Even with the unedited config.js.sample this behavior shows up.
I replaced the “calendar.js” with the previous version, so the display works as desired. Only I am not release able with it.

Does anyone have an idea?

sdetweil

@mmm-kludo can u show the config.js entry for calendar

you can xx out the url so it doesn’t work

{
     module: 'calendar',
      ...
      config:{
         ....
      }
}

MMM-kludo

@sdetweil The URL works, the display of the timeFormat is incorrect!

sdetweil

@mmm-kludo not my point. I want to see the config entry for calendar and do NOT want others to see your working calendar url

MMM-kludo

@sdetweil Sorry, I must have misunderstood. For me, the behavior that no relative times are displayed already after the Installtion. Without that I have made changes in the configfile. Although the default setting is “relative”.
All attempts on my part failed, except replacing the calendar.js.

RaspOS version: more 5.10.63-v7l+
Mirror version: “2.17.1”

sdetweil

@mmm-kludo again, you haven’t provided the config.js section for the calendar.

I want to see the exact text

MMM-kludo

@sdetweil I have not changed anything, the exact text is:

                {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "US Holidays",
                        position: "top_left",
                        config: {
                                calendars: [
                                        {
                                                symbol: "calendar-check",
                                                url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics"
                                        }
                                ]
                        }
                },

and on the mirror I see this:

Christmas           Saturday at 00:00
New Year's Day                Jan 1st

but I would like, for example, this:

Help me                        Today
Christmas                   Tomorrow
New Year's Day             in 5 Days

sdetweil

@mmm-kludo ok, you say timeFormat: doesn’t work but u haven’t specified it in the config

ALL config for ANY module goes in config.js

                {
                        module: "calendar",
                        header: "US Holidays",
                        position: "top_left",
                        config: {
                               timeFormat: "relative",
                               ...  whatever other parms
                                calendars: [
                                        {
                                                symbol: "calendar-check",
                                                url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics"
                                        }
                                ]
                        }
                },

you NEVER change the source code itself…

config info for cal
https://docs.magicmirror.builders/modules/calendar.html

note the getRelative parm …

calendar has too many options (in my opinion),

MMM-kludo

@sdetweil Thank you for your help. I have changed the value as you recommended. According to my understanding, this setting is also the default value. However, my display has not changed.

sdetweil

@mmm-kludo

note the getRelative parm …

how far in front of the event does the thing change to relative? in HOURS

xmas is 4 DAYS (48 hours), default is 6 (HOURS)