https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19992
Summary: Support client-side date/time formatting for user's
local timezone (JavaScript)
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: User interface
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: br...@wikimedia.org
This could be the ultimate in sensible default behavior, and could work for
anons as well as logged in folks.
JavaScript running in the browser has access to the computer's local time zone
information, and could perform runtime conversion and local formatting. A
<noscript> fallback can provide current defaults.
Issues to consider:
document.write inline vs Dom manipulation -- compat, purity, display/flicker
issues?
Formatting and localization -- we have a lot of date and time formatting
options, including alternate calendars. Do we need to replicate all of these in
JS code or can we get away with just the default -- assuming any other option
would force server-side rendering?
Date headers in lists such as RecentChanges will move depending on the
timezone.
Can we handle talk page sigs? (or leave that to LQT?)
How should we mark timezone on output to indicate to the user what he/she is
looking at?
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