https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7114
--- Comment #14 from Happy-melon <[email protected]> 2009-04-22 20:25:36 UTC --- With the #time and #expr parser functions we can trivially calculate the number of seconds between two dates: {{#expr: {{#time:U|date1}} - {{#time:U|date2}} }} If we had a function #timeformat to match #dateformat, that converted that string into a relative time, then you have your prettified output; as noted in comment7, it would be nice to be able to get only a part of the output. But such a function could also be used to, for instance, convert between units of time (eg {{#timeformat: numberofseconds | Y }} converts seconds to years). Of course this can be done using #expr but guess what, so can #timeformat itself. If you're determined to ignore the fact that this can be quite easily handled on-wiki without any extra bells-and-whistles from the software end, the resulting function might as well be as useful as possible. You're right, I guess, that this bug isn't really FIXED because the available solution is not software-based, but I'd strongly suggest WONTFIX for exactly that reason. It's easily doable on-wiki, without bloating the code with another myserious parser function, and without running into performance issues. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
