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Time format in WPS

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elborak:
Because the main status bar isn't generally cramped for room.  WPS screens, on the other hand, are often squeezing as much information as possible onto sometimes rather small screens.  So it's perfectly reasonable to have two different formats for two entirely different display contexts.

I'm not dead-set against it or anything, but it sounds like the proposal will take away functionality for a very trivial convenience.  Doesn't sound like a good trade off to me.

RedBreva:

--- Quote from: greyTux on May 04, 2007, 10:40:58 AM ---Every time i download a WPS from english persons i have to correct the time format.
--- End quote ---

In the first instance, i would take a -small- amount of offence at the use of the word 'correct' in the above quote ;)...  wouldn't 'change' be a more appropriate word?

But in what way is the 'English' time wrong? 07:30pm, 7:30PM or 19:30 is simply a mater of personal taste.

Perhaps you talking about DATE formating - where there is a large cultural divide between DD/MM/YY and MM/DD/YY, but surely not too many themes use date formatting anyway?

greyTux:
Of course... "change" would be the better word

I see the differences between WPS and the simple status bar, but a "normal user" which changes the time format in the option menu and switches back to the WPS would be confused! A "normal user" wants to change the date/time-format to european style only ONCE, without editing WPS code!


--- Quote ---Because the main status bar isn't generally cramped for room
--- End quote ---
The status bar can use the shortest date/time format automatically (without seconds i.e), but use the european/us/asian/whatever style from the option menu. WPS uses some configurable tags for different date/time formats (i.e. with or without seconds, with or without name of the day of the week).

My suggestion:
Option menu with options:
Time Format: [12h|24h]
Date Format: [d.m.Y|d/m/Y|Y/m/d|whatever]

(pseudo) WPS tags:
%time short (without seconds)
%time long (with seconds)

%date short (2 digit year)
%date long (4 digit year)

So... I know this is a detail, but as described above, that could be a confusing feature for "normal users"  ;)

Mad Cow:
I sgree with the time tags, but no the date. Date is much more configurable than time, and most WPS's don't even use it, so it should be left the way it is now.

Llorean:
And what if a WPS wants to have the Month and Day on one line, and the year on another?

Or
HH
MM
SS
for some reason? (Space constraints, or an interesting visual trick for example)

Or any other non-standard layout?

I think that the display of the date is a part of the WPS design, and should not be defined via the time/date options in the menu and vice versa. It cuts a significant amount of flexibility of design out of it, in my mind, by doing it by the menu option.

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