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\n\nSee the description above that has types of data as the title and Course description - list -list in in it. Thanks","create_time":"$D2023-02-15T00:30:27.152Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"09230d7adcec9aeb","login":"waynesutton","name":"Wayne Sutton","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/49c28637703fbcb401c1c13d18e199b8b41788339fd93f55121719c62d89ee0a","tier":null}},{"id":"b0e1cffa1c4903eb","reply_to_id":"fdaa15f3a7a79274","content":"See examples above","create_time":"$D2023-02-15T00:54:47.520Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"c1daf2951ad616fb","login":"cobus","name":"Cobus Theunissen","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/4a17a065d7a0f5f9a64a852f7b26a4f875c2ff69eb17264c3bd9f81e69285c05","tier":null}},{"id":"69899a18e2fb8670","reply_to_id":"fdaa15f3a7a79274","content":"@cobus THANK YOU","create_time":"$D2023-02-15T01:12:44.565Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"09230d7adcec9aeb","login":"waynesutton","name":"Wayne Sutton","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/49c28637703fbcb401c1c13d18e199b8b41788339fd93f55121719c62d89ee0a","tier":null}},{"id":"d2766078743465f9","reply_to_id":"fdaa15f3a7a79274","content":"@cobus one more questions, is there a way to set date to read \n(${localTime(\"14 December 2022 09:00 PST\")}), vs\ndate: new Date(\"2023-01-01T09:00-08:00\"), ? Thanks","create_time":"$D2023-02-15T21:37:35.597Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"09230d7adcec9aeb","login":"waynesutton","name":"Wayne Sutton","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/49c28637703fbcb401c1c13d18e199b8b41788339fd93f55121719c62d89ee0a","tier":null}},{"id":"b8a4535db5334e7d","reply_to_id":"fdaa15f3a7a79274","content":"Can you clarify? Are you looking to change how the date is formatted in the output, or just asking if it could be input a different way?","create_time":"$D2023-02-15T21:45:14.929Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"c1daf2951ad616fb","login":"cobus","name":"Cobus Theunissen","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/4a17a065d7a0f5f9a64a852f7b26a4f875c2ff69eb17264c3bd9f81e69285c05","tier":null}},{"id":"3c57a150428975f9","reply_to_id":"fdaa15f3a7a79274","content":"Asking if it could be input a different way. like 14 December 2022 09:00 PST","create_time":"$D2023-02-15T22:12:55.803Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"09230d7adcec9aeb","login":"waynesutton","name":"Wayne Sutton","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/49c28637703fbcb401c1c13d18e199b8b41788339fd93f55121719c62d89ee0a","tier":null}},{"id":"22e2e6822509574d","reply_to_id":"fdaa15f3a7a79274","content":"Sure, looks like you can just say \nnew Date(\"14 February 2023 14:00 PST\")\nDid you try that?","create_time":"$D2023-02-15T22:27:03.351Z","update_time":"$D2023-02-15T22:27:58.818Z","resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"c1daf2951ad616fb","login":"cobus","name":"Cobus Theunissen","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/4a17a065d7a0f5f9a64a852f7b26a4f875c2ff69eb17264c3bd9f81e69285c05","tier":null}},{"id":"251779bc0b56365c","reply_to_id":"fdaa15f3a7a79274","content":"I thought I did, maybe I didn't do some right earlier. Thanks","create_time":"$D2023-02-15T22:48:41.768Z","update_time":null,"resolved":true,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"09230d7adcec9aeb","login":"waynesutton","name":"Wayne Sutton","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/49c28637703fbcb401c1c13d18e199b8b41788339fd93f55121719c62d89ee0a","tier":null}},{"id":"7a76b765b9351b1b","reply_to_id":null,"content":"@pstuffa thought for sharing, would be good to have logo.","create_time":"$D2023-02-17T19:02:02.351Z","update_time":null,"resolved":false,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"09230d7adcec9aeb","login":"waynesutton","name":"Wayne Sutton","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/49c28637703fbcb401c1c13d18e199b8b41788339fd93f55121719c62d89ee0a","tier":null}},{"id":"bf42fbcac5834a70","reply_to_id":"7a76b765b9351b1b","content":"good idea!","create_time":"$D2023-02-17T19:06:19.345Z","update_time":null,"resolved":false,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"42520cea6c99d3c8","login":"pstuffa","name":"Paul Buffa","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/32c09bb97a2bb742225b949dcc4cf81a03dcd2b0caae97325970223a48a14b94","tier":null}},{"id":"0077349a785dcd66","reply_to_id":"7a76b765b9351b1b","content":"I made it a little shorter and cleaned up the HTML a bit…","create_time":"$D2023-02-17T19:38:31.897Z","update_time":null,"resolved":false,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"ce771552211c04ab","login":"rkosara","name":"Robert Kosara","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/105903f7d3ac285a1489b547eecce8f57bd15052862a307c4c2242f847d44a67","tier":null}},{"id":"0d8644d7d847a0af","reply_to_id":"7a76b765b9351b1b","content":"That made it wider though, which wasn't the idea… so I put in a bit more vertical spacing and made it taller again","create_time":"$D2023-02-17T19:41:47.893Z","update_time":null,"resolved":false,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"ce771552211c04ab","login":"rkosara","name":"Robert Kosara","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/105903f7d3ac285a1489b547eecce8f57bd15052862a307c4c2242f847d44a67","tier":null}},{"id":"5703519189cf7fbc","reply_to_id":"7a76b765b9351b1b","content":"@rkosara @pstuffa hi I'm going to fork this notebook use the forked version to edit the sharing graphics as this notebook will be used for registartion.","create_time":"$D2023-02-21T18:49:03.232Z","update_time":null,"resolved":false,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"09230d7adcec9aeb","login":"waynesutton","name":"Wayne Sutton","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/49c28637703fbcb401c1c13d18e199b8b41788339fd93f55121719c62d89ee0a","tier":null}},{"id":"499360ede30c5761","reply_to_id":"7a76b765b9351b1b","content":"Here we go https://observablehq.com/d/d38af5de4db1ca92 I'm going to clean this one up. \n\nPlease use this notebook for text.@rkosara","create_time":"$D2023-02-21T18:50:16.939Z","update_time":null,"resolved":false,"user":{"type":"individual","id":"09230d7adcec9aeb","login":"waynesutton","name":"Wayne Sutton","avatar_url":"https://avatars-next.observableusercontent.com/49c28637703fbcb401c1c13d18e199b8b41788339fd93f55121719c62d89ee0a","tier":null}}],"custom_thumbnail":true,"trashed":false,"subscribed":null,"forks":37,"collection":{"id":"5676703fd6c96217","slug":"data-vis-course","title":" Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices Course","owner":{"id":"f35c755083683fe5","login":"observablehq","name":"Observable"}},"type":"notebook","body":{"title":"Course: Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices","cells":[{"id":27,"value":"\n

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Course: Data Visualization Fundamentals and Best Practices \n

\nInstructor
\nRobert Kosara,
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\nDates and times
\n March 7th, 9th, 14th, 16th, 21st
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