Req #66157 [Asn->Opn]: Reduce number of date formats from 9 to 1

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66157&edit=1 ID: 66157 Updated by: kalle@php.net Reported by: t at tcx dot de Summary: Reduce number of date formats from 9 to 1 -Status: Assigned +Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Website problem PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: levim +Assigned To: Block user comment: N Private report: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-29 17:56:56] t at tcx dot de @levim's "Don't be an arse;" ISO 8601 was not my invention. Here is another source that references it https://xkcd.com/1179/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-14 15:52:21] levim@php.net > That again is three formats. Don't be an arse; going from 9 formats to 3 formats is a significant improvement. It's technically only 2 formats as the third is included in the second; I was just being explicit that some things don't have an associated time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-14 15:21:54] t at tcx dot de Y-m-d is already the most used format on php.net when looking at the links provided on creation of this bug. Just convert the others to Y-m-d and you are done. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-14 15:18:21] t at tcx dot de "Human readable dates will be displayed as 'd M Y'. Datetimes intended for tools will use RFC 3339 (W3C is the same thing). Dates intended for tools (no timestamp information) will use 'Y-m-d'." That again is three formats. On a website all displayed date information can be read by humans. Y-m-d is perfectly readable by humans - at least me and probably the designers of https://www.python.org/ thought so. Y-m-d is defined in ISO 8601 and it is the most compact format of those that are not ambiguous. Straight forward. No RFCs with their handful of formats, no W3C (they themselves don't use it strictly on their site), just one ISO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-14 15:07:59] levim@php.net Human readable dates will be displayed as 'd M Y'. Datetimes intended for tools will use RFC 3339 (W3C is the same thing). Dates intended for tools (no timestamp information) will use 'Y-m-d'. I have committed some changes already and plan to work on this today during stretches where my code is compiling. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66157 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66157&edit=1