https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56547
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Bug ID: 56547
Summary: #time: should not "guess" incomplete dates
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: ParserFunctions
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: krab...@kdz.or.at
Classification: Unclassified
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Dealing with incomplete dates, the function "guesses" the rest of the date,
which it should not do:
{{#time:j|April 2013}} returns the same result as {{#time:j|1 April}}. Both are
1 but in case of April 2013 it is an assumption. Depending what users are doing
with the result things could take a wrong turn on there wiki's. The desired
result should be something that can not be a day, like 0 so users can "catch"
it.
As the behaviour might be dealt with in several wikis, I suggest to include a
settings parameter, where users can swith the guessing on or off. So users who
need the guessing can still activate it (or on the other hand users who need a
correct handling of incomplete dates can deactivate it).
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