Replacement of custom date formatting solution

[ddasutein]

Hi everyone, as of today, I am in the process of replacing the custom solution used to format dates. Since version 1.1.0, I've written my own framework to format the dates. While this has worked really well for 2 years, the problem is that it can't be used on a global scale where different countries have different date formats. For example, users in Japan don't follow the same date format used in the United States (MM/DD/YYYY). Users there should be expecting this date format 2022年01月02日. However, the extension follows western date format and localization. In fact, the month names are hardcoded in the framework which doesn't apply to users in Japan.

To standardize date formatting, I will be using a popular JavaScript library known as Moment.js. This is something I'm familiar with. Documentation is quite detailed and very flexible to use, making it the perfect replacement.

Changes to Expect

Right now, I don't have the exact details as to what is going to change but I will update this list as development is ongoing.

• The "Date Format" drop down option will be updated to support the ability for users to customize the date format or select from a pre-defined list like how it currently works but with the proper localization
• Extension file size will be increased to approximately 1-2 MB

[ddasutein]

UPDATE

Anyone that has been observing the dev branch recently may have noticed that I've started work on the implementation of Moment in the extension. Most of it has been implemented but I still need to do more testing before it will be pushed into the release build. For the mean time, here is a teaser of what to expect. And yes, you read that right. You can set a timestamp in the file name!

Prefer Locale Format

By default, this option will be checked. Basically this checkbox forces the extension to set the date format to your country's preferred format. For example, users in Japan will see 2022年2月1日(月) as the date rather than the western format of 02-01-2022.

Date Format

The items have not changed from the original but I did include a new option for custom. Custom allows you to change the date format to your preference. I'll have a documentation on the wiki page on how to set this up

Custom Date/Time Format

As the name implies, you can set a custom format if you like. You must set the Date Format field to custom if you want to use this.

If there is anything you want me to add or consider in the design. Leave them in the comments below.