[#21382] - Custom Time/Date Format that can user set up for its user accounts
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- 6 Aug 2018
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- # 21382
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Feature request
This is big disadvantage of Joomla!
You could change the time/date format for whole instance or for each language (by overrides), but why you should not choose the user in its account what time/date format for want show on whole instance.
This problem is most visible for user which use English site from US and UK.. because their date formats are totally different (don't want split the lang of site to en-us and en-gb)
Describe the solution you'd like
I thinks that it's not huge problem to fix it and user in his/her account will have new option: Date Format and there will set up by default by Joomla the time/date format.. but will possible also choose other Time/Date Formats which is using Joomla and will possible that will applied for this user if will log in.
Additional context
Every bigger software proprietorially/ or open source has option on fist login of user that can set up the environment for Time/Date Format, or other values.
Screenshot tooked from open source SuiteCRM v7.10.7
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For me the ability for a user to customise these sort of things is not something needed in a cms which is something very different to a crm application
@brianteeman the best things on joomla is, that can be everything.. social network, small crm, invoice manager, eshop, property manager etc... or just an blog...
if you're just an blog.. why.. no reason to do this? but what if you are more complex like eshop or social network or invoice manager.... there is something what is needed...
Some user using dots for float numbers, some the comma... some using time with AM/PM, some as me we have 24hrs time...
What define us as humans are details.. the joomla ability to adapt to our habits...
why can be joomla 4 ice breaker?
many people in forum hate that first day in calendar is Sunday... many like it... many want use the decimal symbol comma.. many want dots... many don't want time y-m-d.... and time AM/PM. The world is big and every user should have choice that application will respect his/her local habits.
joomla has many functions... why should not respect the basic needs... if joomla can be everything what you'll dream or you can code... see thousands of extension... is i look on forums.. i see every bigger extension fight with moment.js implementation... because they want customize time/date :)
For the features that exist in core, there really is little to no need and
little to no gain in having this type of user account parameter. Again,
what is really gained by letting a user customize an article’s publish date
format or dates related to user account creation in the backend with that
level of granularity?
Joomla is an extensible platform, including the ability to customize the
user account parameters. For a CRM integration, or a forum, or other
specialized extension types where this level of granularity is desired, it
isn’t difficult to add. But as a core Joomla feature, it is honestly
overkill at best.
On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 5:09 PM Miky Mikolaj notifications@github.com
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@brianteeman https://github.com/brianteeman the best things on joomla
is, that can be everything.. social network, small crm, invoice manager,
eshop etc... or just an blog...if you're just a blog.. why.. no reason to do this? but what if you are
more complex like eshop or social network or invoice manager.... there is
something what is needed...Some user using dots for float numbers, some the comma... some using time
with AM/PM, some as me we have 24hrs time...What define us as humans are details.. the joomla ability to adapt to our
habits...
why can be joomla 4 ice breaker?many people in forum hate that first day in calendar is Sunday... many
like it... many want use the decimal symbol comma.. many want dots... many
don't want time y-m-d.... and time AM/PM. The world is big and every user
should have choice that application will respect his/her local habits.joomla has many functions... why should not respect the basic needs... if
joomla can be everything what you'll dream or you can code... see thousands
of extension... is i look on forums.. i see every bigger extension fight
with moment.js implementation... because they want customize time/date :)—
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| Status | Discussion | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2018-08-06 13:04:00 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | Mausino |
A user defined parameter stored in the database goes contradictory toward the way that date/time formats are processed in Joomla. Right now there are in essence six "normalized" formats for use with language strings, trying to switch to a user parameter driven solution that is also muti-language capable globally in Joomla would come with a lot of breaks and workflow changes for debatable levels of gain at best (this might benefit a forum extension, where they've probably already got a parameter system for this, but does it really benefit users to customize the timestamp format for an article's created date on the frontend or the time a user registered on the backend?).