date format for messages in last year

[mikelward]

I really like being able to set different formats for messages from today and the last week. It would also be really cool if I could set a custom format for message from the last year.

For what it's worth, these are the settings I use:

date_today = ' ';
date_short = 'l';
date_medium = 'j M';
date_long = 'M Y';

which gives

Today
Monday
24 Feb
Mar 2007

The obvious patch is:

  $year_limit = mktime(0, 0, 0, $now_date['mon']-11, 0, $now_date['year']);

below $week_limit in include/main.inc (about line 1513)

and:

  else if ($CONFIG['prettydate'] && !$format && $timestamp > $year_limit && $timestamp < $now)
    $format = $CONFIG['date_medium'] ? $CONFIG['date_medium'] : 'd.m H:i';

below $format = $CONFIG['date_short']... (about line 1520)

Obviously this includes the time, as the other default formats do, but it omits the year, implying it occurred within the last 11 months. Anything from the same month last year would use the full date format.

[mikelward]

proper patch - a simple change to main.inc.php.dist would also be a good idea

[thomasb]

(better wiki formatting)

[alec]

-1 from me

[mikelward]

Why don't you like it Alec?

Any other thoughts? IMHO the change is trivial and useful.

[mikelward]

patch re-spun against 0.3RC1