I think I once added a parser function that formats dates according to a
user's preferences. It might be called "{{#dateformat}}". You could
possibly steal the code that it uses.

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Derric Atzrott <
datzr...@alizeepathology.com> wrote:

> How do you format dates according to user preference in Mediawiki?  I
> presume it has something to do with DateFormatter
> (http://svn.wikimedia.org/doc/classDateFormatter.html), but I'm not 100%
> sure how to make use of this class.
>
>
>
> The extension I am working on displays, among other things, a last update
> time for its data.  I want this time to display consistent with user
> preferences.  Right now I am running (time() - (60*60*4)) through date(),
> but I feel this is a very inelegant solution.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Derric Atzrott
>
> Computer Specialist
>
> Alizee Pathology
>
>
>
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