Early on in the requirements stage of ResourceLoader development we decided to use ISO8601 as the format for representing timestamps in URLs. This was chosen for it's legibility, conformance to a standard and ease of generation. However this was somewhat of an oversight since the timestamp "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z" gets URL encoded to be "1970-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z" which leaves something to be desired. Also, generating this format in JavaScript requires sending a extra 220 bytes (minified and compressed).
So, before we seal the deal on using 8601, I would like to collect some ideas about alternatives which would ideally... * Be legible in a URL * Conform to a well-defined/well-known standard * Be easy to generate from a unix timestamp in both PHP and JavaScript Proposals wanted. - Trevor _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
