Problem/Motivation

The date display of a comment cannot be changed in the configuration or GUI of the site, and defaults to the medium date format.

Users who want to change the date format (for example to use the long or short format instead) need to add a preproccess function to the theme file to set another format.
function THEMENAME_preprocess_comment(&$variables) { $comment = $variables['elements']['#comment']; $variables['created'] = format_date($comment->getCreatedTime(), 'FORMAT_MACHINE_NAME'); }

Users without access, knowledge or the confidence to do this on the command line, can only work around this by changing the medium date format to fit their need, and then experience that change over the whole site, where ever that format is currently used.

Proposed resolution

Allow a user to change date format on the Manage display form of the Comment Type.

A similar problem exists for nodes, so maybe it's possible to extend the patch done at #1399990: Remove "Display author and date information" in Display Settings in favor of listing Author and Date in Manage Displays here as well.

Remaining tasks

Follow these steps to verify that changing the date format works.

  1. Visit the Manage display form of the Comment view mode that displays the comment (eg: Full Content)
  2. Click the gear icon next to the Created field.
  3. Change the date format to the one of your choosing.
  4. Save the Manage display form.

User interface changes

none

API changes

none

Data model changes

none

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ifrik created an issue. See original summary.

Version: 8.5.x-dev » 8.6.x-dev

Drupal 8.5.0-alpha1 will be released the week of January 17, 2018, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted against the 8.6.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal 8 minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal 8 release cycle.

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cgomezg
Location Montreal
CreditAttribution: cgomezg as a volunteer commented

I use these one because format_date() is deprecated

<?php
function THEMENAME_preprocess_comment(&$variables) { 
$comment = $variables['elements']['#comment']; 
$variables['created'] = \Drupal::service('date.formatter')->format($comment->getCreatedTime(), 'FORMAT_MACHINE_NAME');
}
?>

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Drupal core is moving towards using a “main” branch. As an interim step, a new 11.x branch has been opened, as Drupal.org infrastructure cannot currently fully support a branch named main. New developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted for the 11.x branch, which currently accepts only minor-version allowed changes. For more information, see the Drupal core minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal core release cycle.

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vivek.kekare CreditAttribution: vivek.kekare commented
Version: 11.x-dev » 10.1.x-dev

Any update on this please ?

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cedewey
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Location Denver, CO
CreditAttribution: cedewey at DevCollaborative, LLC commented
Issue summary: View changes
Status: Active » Needs review
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I think this is now working. You can change the date format displayed on a comment by doing the following:

  1. Visit the Manage display form of the Comment view mode that displays the comment (eg: Full Content)
  2. Click the gear icon next to the Created field.
  3. Change the date format to the one of your choosing.
  4. Save the Manage display form.

Comment display form.
Drupal comment.

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smustgrave CreditAttribution: smustgrave at Mobomo commented
Status: Needs review » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

@ifrik or @vivek.kekare that answer the question?

Version: 10.1.x-dev » 11.x-dev

Drupal core is moving towards using a “main” branch. As an interim step, a new 11.x branch has been opened, as Drupal.org infrastructure cannot currently fully support a branch named main. New developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted for the 11.x branch. For more information, see the Drupal core minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal core release cycle.