A client just turned to me and asked "UK or US dates?" after I'd pointed him to the Authoring Information widget on a node form.

Rightly so; the information there is ambiguous!

Authored on:
*Field here*
Format: 2009-02-02 16:39:49 +0000. Leave blank to use the time of form submission.

It's not clear if this is YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-DD-MM (despite most of us being aware that is the former, by default). In any case, it simply isn't clear full stop, to most people.

Is there a way we can "friendly this up" a bit? For starters, let's explain what +0000 is and define the actual date format.

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#3 jamesan_370276.patch1.08 KBJamesAn
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ultimateboy’s picture

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Title: (Usability) Authoring information guidance is weak. » Authoring information field description is weak
Issue tags: +Usability
karschsp’s picture

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Issue tags: +Novice

tagging for novice queue

JamesAn’s picture

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Status: Active » Needs review
FileSize
jamesan_370276.patch1.08 KB

I've modified the description string to the following:
Format: 2009-03-31 17:21:49 -0400. The date format is YYYY-MM-DD and -0400 is the timezone offset from UTC. Leave blank to use the time of form submission.

It's more detailed, but not too verbose.

NikLP’s picture

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Dammit I should have done that patch...! D'oh.

JamesAn’s picture

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S'ok. ^_^ There are plenty more issues just like this one in the novice queue. Bite-size patches. Teh fun.

Status: Needs review » Needs work

The last submitted patch failed testing.

JamesAn’s picture

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Status: Needs work » Needs review

That's strange. The patch passed last time I checked. Let's re-test!

catch’s picture

catch
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Primary language English
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Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community

Looks good to me.

Dries’s picture

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Status: Reviewed & tested by the community » Fixed

Committed to CVS HEAD. Thanks.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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mfb
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FYI, follow up bug fix at #715464: Authored on field description is broken on Preview