| thiemowmde added a comment. |
I just described how our code behaves right now, just as you did. This is not meant to be set in stone. The real world is complicated, which is why we created Wikidata in the first place.
We know the last PhpDateTimeParser in the chain is bad. But it's still better than nothing. Turning it off right now means you will get an error message when entering "9/7/2017". I don't think this makes the situation better.
I'm afraid there is no way any parser can ever be sure what "9/7/2017" means. Even if we use your IP address or location (something we should never do because of privacy reasons), or the interface language from your preferences, it might still either mean MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY. The only thing we can (and want to) use is the date format from your personal preferences at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. See https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/153211.
Cc: daniel, Lydia_Pintscher, thiemowmde, Izno, Aklapper, agray, GoranSMilovanovic, QZanden, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Mbch331
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