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

[Steve Swinsburg]

I would also argue that most English locales are not comfortable with the US format date string either, as the MM-dd-yyyy format seems illogical to the rest of us. This format is not even used outside the US. However, the ISO format of yyyy-MM-dd is perfectly suitable and I would +1 this being the default with the option to configure.

Interesting map here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_by_country

cheers,
Steve

On 22/07/2010, at 11:50 PM, Beth Kirschner wrote:

> 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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