Forum OpenACS Development: formbuilder timestamp format

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1: formbuilder timestamp format
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 07/14/08 11:59 AM
Is there a reason why we do not have an entry for acs-lang.localization-formbuilder_timestamp_format allowing us to enter a date with time in the ad_form?

it works like this:

{start_date:date,optional
{format {DD MONTH YYYY HH24:MI}}
}

But I would (for the sake of I18N) like to call [lc_get formbuilder_timestamp_format].

How do others handle this (I know that e.g. calendar splits it up into two widgets).

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2: Re: formbuilder timestamp format (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 07/14/08 03:07 PM
Good idea. I think this makes sense, but noone every did it. Date formats should be localized based on the preferred locale.
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3: Re: formbuilder timestamp format (response to 2)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 07/14/08 03:25 PM
Cool. Could you add this on HEAD and oacs-5-4?
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4: Re: formbuilder timestamp format (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 07/14/08 03:45 PM
What is the problem? Does the format string need to be evaluated? Does the formbuilder timestamp format already exist?
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5: Re: formbuilder timestamp format (response to 4)
Posted by Malte Sussdorff on 07/14/08 04:19 PM
The problem would be that we need the acs-lang.localization-formbuilder_timestamp_format I18N string in the system, as part of acs-lang.

The value for each locale would be (to my knowledge) "<span>#</span>acs-lang.localization-formbuilder_date_format# <span>#</span>acs_lang.localization-formbuilder_time_format#", meaning a combination of the two. At least this would be a sensible default until we get around to have it "translated" into each of the languages.