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Issue #7902 : Document field format metadata, Script result, and date time zones - #7961

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Issue #7902 : Document field format metadata, Script result, and date time zones#7961
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Summary

  • Add a canonical Formatting numbers and dates page for Format, Length, Precision, Decimal, Group and Currency, plus string-to-date / date-to-string conversion, time zones, and DST gap/overlap hours (the missing hour and the doubled hour).
  • Document the Script transform Script result? column (return value of the last expression vs a named variable) and the Row Generator Value / Group columns (single constant; thousands separator, not a row group).
  • Link every transform and metadata page that already uses these columns, extract the old Text File Input format tables into reusable snippets, and retire the unused columninfo-wiget-defaults draft.
  • Add column-header tooltips on Script, Row Generator, Get Variables, Add Constants, and Google Sheets Input.

Fixes #7902

Test plan

  • Compile tooltip modules (core, Script, Row Generator, Get Variable, Add Constants, Google Sheets)
  • Spotless apply on changed Java modules
  • Grep: no leftover Java 1.4.2 format-API links; unused columninfo-wiget-defaults removed
  • Read formatting-values, Script, Row Generator, JavaScript, Select Values, and Text File Input pages end to end
  • Local Antora preview of the new page and a few xrefs (not run here)
  • Hover Script Script result? and Row Generator Group / Value column headers in Hop Gui

…d date time zones

Add a canonical Formatting numbers and dates page covering Format, Length,
Precision, Decimal, Group, Currency, string/date conversion, and DST gap
and overlap hours. Document the Script result? column and Row Generator
Value/Group, link transform pages that reuse these columns, and add
column-header tooltips on the dialogs that caused the confusion.

Fixes apache#7902
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hansva merged commit 319e6e1 into apache:main Aug 15, 2026
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