https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32545
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Bug #: 32545
Summary: MediaWiki should support <time> in WikiText
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Parser
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: mediawiki-b...@nadir-seen-fire.com
Classification: Unclassified
html5 has a <time> element. It carries the semantics noting that the contents
are a date, and if the contents aren't in a set of machine readable formats
there is a datetime="" attribute that can contain a machine readable format.
So eg: <time datetime="2011-11-12T14:54Z">November 12, 2011 6:54 PST</time>
displays the date in a human readable format in PST while also noting the date
in a machine readable time format.
It's possible some user agents may add support for functionality that takes
advantage of these semantics. For example they may provide a display of the
time in the user's current timezone. <time> is also used in some microdata
formats iirc
pubdate seams to have been removed from <time>. Even if it's added back we
probably should strip it out of WikiText since inline text shouldn't be able to
define what looks externally to be authoritative information about the entire
page that MW defined.
We should permit the use of <time> inside WikiText.
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