Tickets :: [#13639] Correct date format is missing

6.0.0-alpha12

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Summary	Correct date format is missing
Queue	Kronolith
Queue Version	FRAMEWORK_5_1
Type	Bug
State	Not A Bug
Priority	2. Medium
Owners
Requester	simonhannus (at) gmail (dot) com
Created	10/20/2014 (3885 days ago)
Due
Updated	10/23/2014 (3882 days ago)
Assigned
Resolved	10/21/2014 (3884 days ago)
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Github Pull Request
Milestone
Patch	No

10/23/2014 07:58:58 PM	simonhannus (at) gmail (dot) com	Comment #7 New Attachment: Horde date menu- wrong format 2.jpg	Reply to this comment
ONLY 3 short formats to config date... all of them wrong & unofficial.

10/23/2014 07:56:56 PM	simonhannus (at) gmail (dot) com	Comment #6 New Attachment: Horde date menu- wrong format 1.jpg	Reply to this comment
[Show Quoted Text - 20 lines][Hide Quoted Text] Besides some hardcoded examples, the list also contains the formats that are defined as the correct date format for the current locale as provided by your system. If those aren't correct, you need to fix your operating system's locale definitions. Contacting every Web hosting service in the world that use Horde doesn't seem like a effective way to make the change. Maybe it would be better to hardcode more scroll menu alternatives? Not that difficult either. There are already WAY too many as it is. It makes zero sense to show additional formatting definitions to users in certain locales that will never be used. If you are changing locale data, and you are not seeing a corresponding change in PHP, then either your system or PHP is broken. We are using the C-standard strftime definitions, so you need to look into your system regarding its behavior. If the Still a bug. Look, attaching two screenshots from the Horde used by a web hosting service for configuring the date. The second figure shows there are only 3 short date formats to choose from. "..already WAY too many?" Don't think so. Most people can even count to 4...

10/23/2014 06:55:55 PM	Michael Slusarz	Comment #5	Reply to this comment
[Show Quoted Text - 9 lines][Hide Quoted Text] Besides some hardcoded examples, the list also contains the formats that are defined as the correct date format for the current locale as provided by your system. If those aren't correct, you need to fix your operating system's locale definitions. Contacting every Web hosting service in the world that use Horde doesn't seem like a effective way to make the change. Maybe it would be better to hardcode more scroll menu alternatives? Not that difficult either. There are already WAY too many as it is. It makes zero sense to show additional formatting definitions to users in certain locales that will never be used. If you are changing locale data, and you are not seeing a corresponding change in PHP, then either your system or PHP is broken. We are using the C-standard strftime definitions, so you need to look into your system regarding its behavior. If the

10/23/2014 01:14:15 PM	simonhannus (at) gmail (dot) com	Comment #4	Reply to this comment
[Show Quoted Text - 10 lines][Hide Quoted Text] Besides some hardcoded examples, the list also contains the formats that are defined as the correct date format for the current locale as provided by your system. If those aren't correct, you need to fix your operating system's locale definitions. Contacting every Web hosting service in the world that use Horde doesn't seem like a effective way to make the change. Maybe it would be better to hardcode more scroll menu alternatives? Not that difficult either. Also, it's not in the Operating System locale definitions. These can be changed on the MacOSX (Mavericks) to the correct one's: dd.mm.yyyy This does nothing to the Horde definitions..

10/23/2014 01:10:56 PM	simonhannus (at) gmail (dot) com	Comment #3	Reply to this comment
Besides some hardcoded examples, the list also contains the formats that are defined as the correct date format for the current locale as provided by your system. If those aren't correct, you need to fix your operating system's locale definitions. Contacting every Web hosting service in the world that use Horde doesn't seem like a effective way to make the change. Maybe it would be better to hardcode more scroll menu alternatives? Not that difficult either.

10/21/2014 08:54:34 AM	Jan Schneider	Comment #2 State ⇒ Not A Bug	Reply to this comment
Besides some hardcoded examples, the list also contains the formats that are defined as the correct date format for the current locale as provided by your system. If those aren't correct, you need to fix your operating system's locale definitions.

10/20/2014 03:01:29 PM	simonhannus (at) gmail (dot) com	Comment #1 Priority ⇒ 2. Medium Type ⇒ Bug Summary ⇒ Correct date format is missing Queue ⇒ Kronolith Milestone ⇒ Patch ⇒ No State ⇒ Unconfirmed	Reply to this comment
In the Horde menu Settings > General Settings > Language and time (* names may be different in English version. I'm translating from Swedish.) The alternatives 'select how date is shown' (long and short format) do not have a single alternative that's completely correct. The official date format (SFS 4175) in Finland is dd.mm.yy (short) and dd. month yyyy (long). As far as I know, this is the correct date format and in use in a number of countries in the world. Should be an easy fix. The closest current alternatives is to use the partly wrong date formats: Monday, 20 October 2014 (long) Mon 20 Oct 2014 (short) Fyi. See date format by country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country