[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4637: WP Events Dashboard widget could be improved for multi-days events

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#4637: WP Events Dashboard widget could be improved for multi-days events
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 Reporter:  imath        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  API          |   Keywords:  has-patch
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 Hi!

 Following up with this conversation on
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C08M59V3P/p1564388510016800 Slack
 #meta-wordcamp] about the Events Dashboard Widget. So far it only
 displayed the starting date of an event. It's great for meetups, it's a
 bit annoying for some WordCamps.

 When a WordCamp is a multi-days event, only using a starting date is
 problematic :
 - It doesn't inform about the WordCamp's length
 - The first day of a WordCamp might be a Contributor Day (It's actually
 the case that generated this ticket)
 - There is some inconsistency with the schedule on
 [https://central.wordcamp.org/wordcamps/wordcamp-zurich/
 central.wordcamp.org] (which displays a range of days).

 I've dived a bit into the Meta Repository and it looks like the `end_date`
 is an existing field into the `wporg_events` table, so I guess a first
 step would be to include this fiels into the JSON response. That's what
 I've tried to do in the first attached patch.

 Then, the second step could be to update the WP_Community_Events from
 WordPress Core repository so that if the event is not a meetup and
 contains this `end_date` property, then display a range of day instead of
 the first day.

 here's a screenshot of a test I've made with the wp-community-events.patch
 attached to this ticket:
 [[Image(https://cldup.com/H5h3x9a267.png)]]

 Thanks in advance for your help.

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