Better would be to use the default time-format as selected from jspwiki.properties or the user preferences (ref. the Preferences class)
This is already mostly the case in the JSP's, but not yet across the complete code-base. dirk On 2/21/08, Murray Altheim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 > > I don't know what impact this will have on others but it's certainly > fine by me -- it's the same decision I made on my own projects a while > back -- this is compatible for my systems and a sensible/defensible > default. > > Murray > > Goran Karlic (JIRA) wrote: > > Date and time format accoding to ISO 8601 > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > Key: JSPWIKI-196 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JSPWIKI-196 > > Project: JSPWiki > > Issue Type: Improvement > > Components: Localization > > Affects Versions: 2.6.1 > > Environment: Any > > Reporter: Goran Karlic > > Priority: Trivial > > > > > > We have multiple occurences of hard-coded or context-unaware DateTime to > > String conversions (page properties, JSPs, templates). > > > > My proposal is to rely on an international standard instead of using an > > invented default. The current international standard is ISO 8601 (s. > > Wikipedia). My further proposal is to show time with the precision to the > > second, as the SI unit system defines the second as the basic unit of time. > > > > I think this will make unlocalized strings more transparent to the users > > and easier to decode correctly (consider 02/03/08 - is it in the future or > > in the past - or might it even be the current time?!). > > > > Following this proposal java format strings would be allowed for above > > cases would be: > > > > (1) Simple date: "yyyy-MM-dd" ("The daily mail for 2008-02-20 was sent") > > (2) Date and time > > (2.1) Explicit time context: "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ssZ" ("User gkarlic made > > this at 2008-02-20 22:38:10+0100") > > (2.2) Implicit time context: "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss" ("This server lives on > > CET, here it is 2008-02-20 22:38:10") > > > > Where (2.1) would be used for strings that might emerge from different > > time-zones. > > > > If others agree with this proposal, I would gladly make the required > > changes. > > > > > -- > > ........................................................................... > Murray Altheim <murray07 at altheim.com> === = = > http://www.altheim.com/murray/ = = === > SGML Grease Monkey, Banjo Player, Wantanabe Zen Monk = = = = > > Boundless wind and moon - the eye within eyes, > Inexhaustible heaven and earth - the light beyond light, > The willow dark, the flower bright - ten thousand houses, > Knock at any door - there's one who will respond. > -- The Blue Cliff Record >
