[wp-testers] Date format

[Ryan Boren]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Xavier Borderie <xavier at borderie.net> wrote:
> A very cool addition to the Options panel is a section for choosing
> the default date format for all of WP's strings - this is a huge step
> from the overly-geeky date()-using field, while still keeping it as a
> last option of 4, under "Custom"
> Even cooler is that the first field in this section is directly
> extracted from the translation file. Indeed, while by default the date
> settings are "F j, Y", I am able to set the first option as "j F Y" ;
> same for the hour setting, from "g:i a" to "G:i".
>
> Alas, WP still use the Custom format as the default, while I think the
> logic would be to use the first option.
> What's more, the original Custom format is the English one, not the
> translation's. Same for date and hour.

The default should be what is already set in the DB.  During install
we set the default formats, and those defaults are marked for
translation.