Humanize all date times?

[WhyNotHugo]

I'd like to evaluate humanizing all date times (probably with humanize).

• Not the default (due to loss of precision).
• Probably some -h/--humanize flag.

We'd have to look at pitfalls, and potential issues that may be a bit non-obvious.

[Swati4star]

So, in this issue, we need to use
humanize.naturaltime(currentdate-date)
for all date formats?

Anything else need to be considered in this one?

[untitaker]

@Swati4star It's just an idea, I don't think @hobarrera has decided on details or whether it's a good one in the first place.

[WhyNotHugo]

We probably need:

• A flag as mentioned above to toggle this.
• We probably want to override he default formatter.
• A setting in configuration to make this the default.

We probably want to use the humanize library since all higher level ones just wrap around that one.

[Swati4star]

Do we need to mention humanize time format as default in config file. Also is there a specific format that humanize use? like

date_format = %Y-%m-%d
time_format = %H:%M

What I am getting from this is..
If humanize flag is set, display date in that format, else what is there in config file. Is it fine?

[untitaker]

@Swati4star Yes, I think this only affects output, in the way you describe. Though I have been wrong about @hobarrera's ideas before :)

[WhyNotHugo]

Do we need to mention humanize time format as default in config file.

No, humanized dates should not be the default.

If humanize flag is set, display date in that format, else what is there in config file. Is it fine?

Yes, and I'd do this subclassing the default formatter, and using that if the flag is set (similar to --porcelain).

This flag does not affect input/parsing.