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ISO Date for Short Display Date and Long Display Date

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#2,283 opened on Dec 6, 2018

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Description

The drop-down list in Admin > Configuration > System for the "Short Display Date" and "Long Display Date" are rather limited. Because they are in a drop-down list there is no option to include an alternate.

Preferably, this drop-down could be replaced with a text field which would accept any valid PHP Date Format: https://secure.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.date.php

If not, or in the meantime, make available an ISO Short and ISO Long display date, such as:

YYYY-MM-DD YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

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Research direction
Investigate how the Short Display Date and Long Display Date dropdowns are generated in Grav admin. Consider replacing dropdown with a text field that accepts PHP date formats or adding ISO 8601 options (YYYY MM DD, YYYY MM DD HH:MM). Modify the form definition and validation to accept custom formats.
Tech stack
php
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
PHPGrav CMS
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50