[Building Sakai] Change proposal for 2.8: export_filename_date_format (i18n to configuration)

[Beth Kirschner]

Sorry -- I misunderstood. Setting the ISO default once is best.

- Beth

On Jul 22, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:

> I think most non-English locale users are not comfortable with  
> English format.
>
> This is why I was suggesting using a ISO default and being able to  
> set the format through configuration once instead of 5 times through  
> localization right now.
>
> How is it less simple than your suggestion?
>
> J-F
>
> Beth Kirschner a écrit :
>> Possibly true, but just aiming to simplify localization. I'm  
>> doubtful most translators will know how to 'localize' the date  
>> format string, so as long as folks are comfortable with most  
>> locales defaulting to a US format, than this shouldn't be a problem.
>> - Beth
>> On Jul 22, 2010, at 5:10 AM, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
>>> I think your suggestion is not as simple as needed and may be  
>>> risky. Are we sure we only need to remove spaces in every locale  
>>> to have a suitable string for part of a file name? I wouldn't bet  
>>> on it.
>>>
>>> J-F
>>>
>>> Beth Kirschner a écrit :
>>>> I would suggest formatting the date automatically, leveraging the  
>>>> Java DateFormat.getDateFormat() which takes Locale as an  
>>>> argument. The resulting date string can then be transformed into  
>>>> a suitable filename by removing spaces. Automating this would be  
>>>> one less thing to worry about when localizing Sakai.
>>>> - Beth
>>>> On Jul 21, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think export_filename_date_format (used in Gradebook, Roster,  
>>>>> Tests &
>>>>> Quizzes (Samigo), User Membership and SiteStats) is not a i18n  
>>>>> property
>>>>> but a configuration property.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because it's used in several tools, I would like it to become a  
>>>>> general
>>>>> configuration property.
>>>>>
>>>>> I propose to use the name general.export_filename_date_format in
>>>>> configuration and to set its default to the ISO date format of  
>>>>> yyyy-MM-dd.
>>>>>
>>>>> For further details and related problems, you can check:
>>>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-17240
>>>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/STAT-191
>>>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-15872
>>>>> http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-15682
>>>>>
>>>>> What do the code owners and others devs think?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jean-Francois
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