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Configurable date format?

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JdGordon:
see the developer mailing list... I've come up with a sweet way to do this, just need time to code it up

Llorean:
Wouldn't it be simpler to just make it an actual setting, rather than depending on every theme author everywhere to agree on what it should be called, and then depending on anyone who wants to configure it to edit a text file manually to change it?

JdGordon:
please dont split the topic... that shold be a reply to the email thread, and no it shouldnt just be a setting because there are at least 3 "standard" date formats, and I could probably come up with more fairly easily. not to mention all the other use cases for this.

Llorean:
Why does it matter how many configurable date options there are? It's 3 values (year, date, month) and you can only have 6 permutations of it. That means at most we have to offer people a whole six options if we want to cover the whole spectrum.

As for how many digits the year should be, whether the month should be text or a number, etc - these should probably be left up to the theme author since they affect how much space the date takes place on the screen, and thus item positioning.

gevaerts:

--- Quote from: Llorean on March 28, 2010, 10:04:16 AM ---Why does it matter how many configurable date options there are? It's 3 values (year, date, month) and you can only have 6 permutations of it. That means at most we have to offer people a whole six options if we want to cover the whole spectrum.

As for how many digits the year should be, whether the month should be text or a number, etc - these should probably be left up to the theme author since they affect how much space the date takes place on the screen, and thus item positioning.

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Not everyone uses the same separator. I think / and - are commin, so you'd have twelve.

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