[Mediawiki-l] Editing timestamp-format or DefaultDateFormat?

[Tim Starling]

Katharina Wolkwitz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm responsible for the administration of the wiki we're just starting 
> to set up at work. The wiki uses German language and I'd like to edit 
> the DefaultDateFormat, but I couldn't find out how and where.  :(
> 
> At the Moment, when I use the button "Ihre Signatur mit Zeitstempel" to 
> sign a text with adding a timestamp, the stamp has the following format:
> 
> 09:57, 3. Jul. 2007 (CEST)
> 
> The timestamp-format doesn't change, when I choose a different 
> date-format in my userprofile-preferences, so maybe it's not the 
> DefaultDateFormat I need to change, but a different parameter?
> 
> I'd like to change the timestamp-Format (and/or the DefaultDateFormat) 
> so that the timestamp looks like this:
> 
> 03.06.2007, 09:57
> 
> In which file can I make this change and how?

You can edit date formats in languages/messages/MessagesDe.php, or
MessagesEn.php if your wiki language is set to English. For the format, see

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions#.23time:

-- Tim Starling