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====The complications with MX====
The [[:Category:MX txt Files|*.txt Files]] have so far stuck to date formats as used in the legacy definitions, the intention to swap to ISO format for the .txt files from September 2020, having been postponed to an unannounced future date, because of the continuing need for compatibility while there is use of the legacy software by a significant number of users.
For Cumulus MX output formatting, the date and time modifiers are complicated by the fact that the same character can have 4 different meanings depending on its case (capital letter or lower-case letter), and depending on whether it is on its own (standard format) or with another modifer (custom format). '''Sounds confusing?''' Well it is complicated.▼
▲For Cumulus MX output formatting, the date and time modifiers are complicated by the fact that ''the same character can have 4 different meanings'' depending on its case (capital letter or lower-case letter), and depending on whether it is on its own (standard format) or with another
Consider context first:
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