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[RFC] Calendars support?
The (likely) deprecation of strftime() function in PHP 8.1 makes us search for a replacement. The natural date() candidate does not support non-English languages. We are currently testing IntlDateFormatter class that looks promising. As a by-product, introducing non-Gregorian calendars seems possible, though requires some work. Is it worth doing? Please comment.
Meanwhile, if you can test 4.8.8 for various date-related features, it would be ace. Thanks!
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etc wrote #331249:
Meanwhile, if you can test 4.8.8 for various date-related features, it would be ace. Thanks!
At first sight and very very basic look, things look alright in my 4.8-dev playground. Not everything you have landed there has been added to the 4.9-dev codebase, right ? (as mentioned before, that playground has much more “things” ready to use or verify). BTW thanks to adding UTC as a time zone.
Regarding those other calendars, that would certainly a nice addition. Probably a less urgent task. The Persian calendar, or dates based on the Japanese Imperial era names, or the more ancient Chinese era names. The latter ones is more of interest for history oriented sites. The Japanese era naming/dating is actively used, e.g. in administrative documents. One can dream a little…
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etc wrote #331249:
Meanwhile, if you can test 4.8.8 for various date-related features, it would be ace. Thanks!
I keep coming back to the idea that us doing a 4.8.8 beta (with appropriate fanfare) might be a smart idea. I know it’s new territory for a patch release, but then we’ve never been especially rigid in only putting patches into patch releases, so…
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gaekwad wrote #331256:
I keep coming back to the idea that us doing a 4.8.8 beta
Given how there are some fairly serious changes for PHP 8.1 compatibility, it is probably a good idea…
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If it’s not too much hassle, then I think different calendars would be a real boon. Kjeld would love us :)
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Bloke wrote #331258:
If it’s not too much hassle…
It is, with or without calendars. Realistically, in 4.8.8 we could add calendar attribute to date tags (e.g. <txp:posted calendar="persian" />), but keep dates input Gregorian atm. If there is a real need for other calendars dates input, we could see later.
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etc wrote #331259:
It is, with or without calendars.
Forgive me…it is not too much hassle, or it is too much hassle – I’m easily confused.
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etc wrote #331259:
Realistically, in 4.8.8 we could add
calendarattribute to date tags (e.g.<txp:posted calendar="persian" />), but keep dates input Gregorian atm. If there is a real need for other calendars dates input, we could see later.
+1. This seems eminently reasonable. Is there a standard (ISO?) for the various calendar names? I’m looking at the moment, but nothing has turned up yet.
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etc wrote #331262:
Here we go.
Or the more recent version, here
(I think we were both looking for the same at the same time, you were faster in posting…)
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