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{{Version badge 1}}'''Note''' ''StartDate=xxxx'' does ''not'' need to be updated for Cumulus 1 to recognise earlier data in log files in its ''data'' subfolder. | {{Version badge 1}}'''Note''' ''StartDate=xxxx'' does ''not'' need to be updated for Cumulus 1 to recognise earlier data in log files in its ''data'' subfolder. | ||
[[File:Badge vMx.png]] However in calculating and updating extremes, | [[File:Badge vMx.png]] However in calculating and updating extremes, '''CumulusMX.exe''' will ignore any standard log file for any month prior to the start date set, so it is crucial to make sure the start date is right before you (re-)start MX. However, if you use '''ExportMySQL.exe monthly''' this will start with January 2000 and process any standard log found for any month after that. | ||
{{Version badge 1}} | {{Version badge 1}}and [[File:Badge vMx.png]]There is one web page template file ''recordT.htm'' that in two places uses this date. If you want to make one of those be the earliest date you now have for your data and the other one to be when you started using Cumulus; there is an alternative of leaving '''Cumulus.ini''' unchanged, but editing the ''recordT.htm'' template twice: | ||
*after the h2 heading is ''<p>Records began on <#recordsbegandate>. Here are the extremes recorded since then.</p>''; you can replace '<#recordsbegandate>' with the new earliest date typed in as text; and | *after the h2 heading is ''<p>Records began on <#recordsbegandate>. Here are the extremes recorded since then.</p>''; you can replace '<#recordsbegandate>' with the new earliest date typed in as text; and | ||
*at the start of the table is the ''<caption>Records Since <#recordsbegandate></caption>''; replace the label "Records since" with "Cumulus began on" leaving the web tag unchanged. | *at the start of the table is the ''<caption>Records Since <#recordsbegandate></caption>''; replace the label "Records since" with "Cumulus began on" leaving the web tag unchanged. | ||