A generic, flexible time formatter
We need a common, flexible time formatter that's to be used by applications, to display times in the user-selected locale, as opposed to arbitrary time formats fitting the application.
The app developer should only set the component in a minimal manner to get to the required appearance, but it should be abstracted away from locales and format strings, so that the user always get their time strings in a format they can understand.
12 vs. 24-hour selection should be overridable regardless of locale. There should be defined rules to create human-readable date-time strngs, with configurable level of accuracy (i.e. "yesterday" vs. "yesterday, 12:00am").
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Michał Sawicz
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- None
- Definition:
- New
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
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Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
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- Completed by
Related branches
Related bugs
| Bug #1260728: Indicators should send timestamps, not pre-formatted strings | Triaged |
| Bug #1372061: SMS notification: time format not translatable | Triaged |
Sprints
Whiteboard
Some use cases
Durations:
- Hours:minutes remaining for batteries etc in the battery menu, e.g. "4:51"
- Days in the Backup panel of System Settings, e.g. "264 days ago"
Datestamps:
- Date as the first item in the clock menu, e.g. "Monday 6 January 2014"
Timestamps:
- Events and locations in the clock menu, including weekdays and dates if appropriate <https:/
Timestamps displayed differently depending on the available space, e.g. "9:38 PM", "Yesterday 5:51 PM", "2013-12-24 10:02 AM":
- times for e-mail messages in a mailbox
- modification times for files in a file manager (same as above)
- date/time that you last connected to a wi-fi network
Work Items
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
