[wp-hackers] Default Date is Inhumane...

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Michael Heilemann wrote:

> The default date syntax for WordPress is 'n/j/Y', which outputs:
> 8/23/2004
>
> I suggest using 'l, F jS, Y', which'll output: Monday, August 23rd, 2004

For those who don't care for a format that verbose, I suggest using the
ISO date format:

2004-08-23.

> The same is the case for the time setup, which currently uses 'g:i a',
> which'll output: 9:42 pm. Also an American-only standard, which makes
> most other nationalities shake their head around noon and midnight,
> when they don't know whether it's supposed to be am or pm.
>
> If instead 'H:i' was used, the output would be: 21:42. Everyone knows
> what that means.

Actually, many Americans aren't that smart. I'm speaking as someone who
used to talk to travel agents about flight times -- and many of THEM
couldn't wrap their heads around 24-hour time (even though their CRSes use
it). I used to be in travel agent support for the luxury division of
Expedia, so I did that all day.

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