[wp-hackers] Changing the clock format in Write > Post

[Charles E. Frees-Melvin]

Why not leave it 24h and allow entry of "17" "5p" or "5pm"? And have
it autoconvert.

On 5/4/08, Alexander Beutl <xel at netgra.de> wrote:
> >
> > So what do you all think at this point? Ozh made a suggestion on the
> > trac ticket that I really liked, making this a global option that can
> > be overridden by a user if so desired. It seems like a more elegant
> > way of doing this, but I'm not sure if I really understand the way the
> > logic would need to change to support that. Aside from less records in
> > the db, what other advantages would doing this have?
>
>
> That if you create a US blog with ~20 Bloggers not everyone will have to
> reset the radiobutton just because they all want the 12h format.
>
>
> > The code would remain the same for the most part, and maybe even slightly
> > more
> > complicated (this is an assumption, I imagine that coding for a new
> > global option + per user overrides would be more involved than a
> > single user option, correct me if I'm wrong :) )
>
>
> somewhat like
>
> if( $user_setting == '12h' || ($user_setting == 'use_default' &&
> $default_setting == '12h')) {
>   // 12h code
> } else {
>   // 24h code
> }
>
> don't know if you want an additional OR condition with 2 AND-combined
> conditions complicated - choose yourselfe.
>
> Per User setting would be an selection list with
> -- use blog default
> -- 24h format
> -- 12h format
>
> Global Setting would only need a checkbox with 'use 12h time format' or a
> radio button group with both 24h and 12h.
>
> I'd also point out that even though some of us
> > find it easy to read/set a 24-hour clock, pretty much EVERYONE knows
> > how to read/set a 12-hour clock.
>
>
> For most people normally handling 24h format it will be no problem to say 15
> = 3 BUT they will not have any idea what "am" and "pm" means. I learned it
> in english lessons - but not everyone had english at school. And since there
> are no abbr. for this in those languages there is no way to tell them (and
> you can not use any self explaining stuff since there is no room for it)
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