I like the idea of putting .format() on the Date; it would allow for quick and easy access to a handy formatter. However, would it make more sense to use the set that php uses to format dates?[0] I would assume that developers would be more familiar with that.
[0]: http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:21, Marc Harter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:08 AM, John Tamplin <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Marc Harter <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> This may of been thrown though the ringer already but I thought I'd ask. >>> >>> http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/date-time-format >>> >>> This is some awesome work on date formatting. What do we think about >>> having a native Date Format implementation in es.next? Complications? >>> Seems like this a very commonly needed option. Especially w/ SSJS >>> now getting more popular. >> >> See http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:i18n_api > > Thanks! > >> Note that it is rarely useful to format with a fixed pattern, because >> different locales have different norms for ordering of the fields, >> separators, etc. > > By fixed pattern do you mean like d.format('YY/mm/dd')? If so, > doesn't that allow for more expressive power? > >> -- >> John A. Tamplin >> Software Engineer (GWT), Google >> > > > > -- > Marc (@wavded) > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > -- Adam Shannon Web Developer University of Northern Iowa Sophomore -- Computer Science B.S. http://ashannon.us _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
