How about using the API for this? It appears to always return timestamps in UTC, and they're in a standardised format, e.g:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Physics&prop=info|revisions&rvlimit=50 http://no.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Fysikk&prop=info|revisions&rvlimit=50 http://ja.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=%E7%89%A9%E7%90%86%E5%AD%A6&prop=info|revisions&rvlimit=50 For more documentation see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php , specifically the sections for "action=query" and "prop=revisions". Cheers, Morten On 29 January 2013 02:15, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi @all, > > do you have any idea how to unify date formats in various WPs via URL? > > my aim is to compare revision date/time from different WP versions > and it would be great to have the same date format for every version of WP > that I am looking at. > > Does anyone know a solution for the Wikipedias that do not offer the > format I > consider most useful, namely the format starting with 2013-...? > > I am seeking a solution via URL, i.e. one that can be used (and > replicated) by > any user who has no extra rights or any particular database query > expertise for > the WP universe. > > for a previous exchange on this topic see > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#Date_formats_in_various_ > Wikipedias > > thanks & cheers, > Claudia > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >
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