[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35391: Remove title attributes: the Posts Date column full date and time

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#35391: Remove title attributes: the Posts Date column full date and time
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 Reporter:  afercia            |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  4.5
Component:  Administration     |    Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
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 Splitting this out from #35313.

 See related #24766 and all the following tickets about title attributes.

 The date column is a special case: in the "List View" there's an
 abbreviation with a title attribute that repeats the date and adds the
 time. In the "Excerpt View", the time is displayed in plain text next to
 the date. Pages don't have the "Excerpt View".

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/nNYQPFlGPa.png)]]

 Tried to rebuild some history and it's pretty interesting. Once upon a
 time :) the full date and time was displayed in plain text:

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/7i6gQWiyBP.png)]]

 Following relevant changes:
 - the title attribute was added in [6856] and the link to view the post
 was on the date
 - the abbreviation was added in [7168] and the link to view the post was
 moved to the status column
 - the `post_date_column_time` filter was introduced in [7640]
 - the "List View" and "Excerpt View" switch was added in preparation for
 the crazy horse redesign in [8682] see also #7552 but couldn't find any
 reference about the reason why the date is displayed differently in the
 two views
 - finally, the status was moved to the date column in [9167]

 I'd say the published time is a relevant information, especially for sites
 with an intensive editorial flow, by the way touch devices users will miss
 this information, as well as assistive tech users.

 I'd propose to always display the full date and time in plain text, both
 in the "List View" and the "Excerpt View".

 Worth noting the recently added "Submitted On" column in the Comments
 screen displays the date and time in plain text, so for consistency I'd
 propose to use the same format.

 [[Image(https://cldup.com/CS-Aze48k2.png)]]

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