`_hms`, `_date` and `_d` do not work with values on the stack

[mahi2003]

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When working with units, you can append a unit to an existing value in stack level 1. For example: 5 ENTER m → 5_m

This does not seem to work for _hms (time), _date (date) and _d (days).

5 ENTER _d → :x: Syntax error

You can only use it in entry mode

5 _d ENTER → 5_d

[c3d]

I do not fully understand the description. When you write 5 ENTER m, what is the key sequence corresponding to m? Is it the first function key in the Length unit menu? If that is the case, then it also works with the d entry in the Time menu.

I suspect that the _dms, _date and _d are the corresponding entries in the TimeMenu and DateMenu. Indeed, those are only editor entry shortcuts, they are not operations.

There are operations that do the same thing. In the TimeMenu, for example, F1 is the data entry _hms, and the conversion to HMS is on key F3 (→HMS). Similarly for time with →Date and →Time.

I see this more as a documentation problem and maybe a usability issue than as a bug, in the sense that it's working as intended. However, please feel free to suggest a way this could work. Maybe the →Date menu could directly enter _date in data entry mode?

[mahi2003]

You are right. I misunderstood the purpose of _hms, _date and _d in the TimeMenu and DateMenu.

I now realize I can enter a time with →HMS, but what's the equivalent for a date? Say I want to make 20240711 a date. There isn't a →YMD command and →Date just updates the calculator date.

[c3d]

You are correct that there is no equivalent function to →HMS, mostly because it does not exist in the HP48 so I did not think about making one. I will add that in an upcoming release. I will also see if I can have the _hms and similar menu entries act as a conversion function when not editing. I need to think about the right way to do that.

For now, you can use the Date+ menu entry with a number of days of 0, i.e. 19681205 0 Date+ will give you a date. But as you can infer, it is quite easy to add that feature as a standalone function.