birthdaylist

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil

It couldn’t look any better.
Great - thank you very much!

Jens

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil

Hmm, if i set
currentMonthOnly: false,
and
maxEntries: 10,

i just get 3 lines.
Can you check this?

BR
Jens

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil

… and if i delete
03/01/1940,aaa AAAAA
06/01/1969,bbb BBBBB
only Joan is left …
Any idea?

Jens

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror hm…

{
        module: "birthdaylist",
        position:'top_left',
        header:"birthday list header",
        config: {
					language: "en",
					dimmEntries:true,  // true: dims entries and the associated
							     //       symbol when the date has expired.
						             // false: dont display entries and the associated
							     //        symbol when the date has expired.
					initialLoadDelay: 0, // How many seconds to wait on a fresh start up.
							     // This is to prevent collision with all other modules also
							     // loading all at the same time. This only happens once,
							     // when the mirror first starts up.
					updateDelay: 5,      // How many seconds after midnight before a refresh
							     // This is to prevent collision with other
							     // modules refreshing at the same time.
					currentMonthOnly: false,  // will show birthdays for the current month only if true
					maxEntries: 10,	     // maximum entries to show, default is all
					dateFormat: '',	     // date format for birthday (default is none), could be 'Do' for 'Sep 12th'
					ageFormat:'',	     // some format string for the persons age, '[ n ]'  n will be replace by age value
					debug:false
                }
}

and I see 5 entries
I added the time to the screen shot to show its new

can u paste your exact config?

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil

Sure …

        {
                module: "birthdaylist",
                position:'top_left',
                header:"Geburtstage",
                config: {
                language: "de",
                dimmEntries: false,             // true: dims entries and the associated
                                                //       symbol when the date has expired.
                                                // false: dont display entries and the associated
                                                //        symbol when the date has expired.
                initialLoadDelay: 10,           // How many seconds to wait on a fresh start up.
                                                // This is to prevent collision with all other modules also
                                                // loading all at the same time. This only happens once,
                                                // when the mirror first starts up.
                updateDelay: 5,                 // How many seconds after midnight before a refresh
                                                // This is to prevent collision with other
                                                // modules refreshing at the same time.
                currentMonthOnly: false,        // will show birthdays for the current month only if true
                maxEntries: 10,                 // maximum entries to show, default is all
                dateFormat: '',                 // date format for birthday (default is none), could be 'Do' for 'Sep 12th'
                ageFormat:'',                   // some format string for the persons age, '[ n ]'  n will be replace by age value
                debug:false
                }
        },

10 maxEntries just for the test, if this works, i would go to 4.
On my screen I get this:
![screenshot](https://my.hidrive.com/lnk/CBHojVsL)
So ... only 3 entries and i took your example

BR
Jens

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror you have to use the 3rd icon from the right above the editor to include images

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil
Sorry :flushed_face:

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror

I see 4 entries, u have dimmEntries: false, so the bd on the dec 19th doesn’t show…

did u change the csv?

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror I added Suzie to the new bdl.csv but it was part of the git pull …

birth, name
15/01/1987,suzie
12/05/1951, Sam

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil
No, i took your example after getting no output of mine.
So the only changes are in the config regarding the currentMonthOnly and the max Entries.
Hmmm :confused_face:

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror can u edit the birthdaylist/data/bdl.csv

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror the sample file is in

DD/MM/YYYY format

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil

Yes, of course.
What should i try?
Add this:
15/01/1987,suzie
12/05/1951, Sam

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror that second line shouldbe there already, do this

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/birthdaylist
git checkout data/bdl.csv

then look at the file again

it should start like mine
suzie on the second line

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil

my bdl.csv:

my output:

4 lines

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil

is a blank needed before “Suzie”?

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror correct

the bd on Dec 19th is in the past, and u have

dimmEntries: false

so, past BD’s are not dispplayed

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror said in birthdaylist:

is a blank needed before “Suzie”?

no, I trim off blanks… allow for sloppy editing/pasting

all entries have to have the same date format

[sdetweil]

@MyMirror the csv file format is

the header row,

birth  ,  name

and then
rows for each person

birthday , name

the birthday format can be in whatever format you like
MM/DD/YYYY
DD/MM/YYYY
YYYY/DD/MM
YYYY/MM/DD

using whatever separator you choose

the layout and separator have to be the same for all birthday rows

[MyMirror]

@sdetweil
OK, my mistake :worried_face:
I misinterpreted currentMonthOnly: and assumed that all maxEntries would then be displayed (for more than 2 month).
But with “false”, the current and the following month are displayed.
Sorry for the trouble :flushed_face:
(There was no entrie for January in my data file)