Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5945430-20181212012954/@comment-9605025-20181212025425

At the end of the day, it is a stylistic choice left up to each individual wiki. The choice of style can be based on some more concrete facts if desired. For example, if most viewers are from the USA, they might be expecting mm/dd/yyyy as opposed to dd/mm/yyyy. Another example is if you want dates to be easily sortable directly as text instead of having to convert to a numeric form. In this case, you might consider using a format such as yyyy-mm-dd. You can also use #dateformat which will accept several input formats and then use the individual viewer's set preference to display the format. - Edit:

If the local community can come to a consensus as to the preferred display format but users still want the flexibility of entering the date in whatever format they are comfortable with, #time can be use to convert to and from a broad range of formats (many more than #dateformat). If really necessary, you could probably combine #dateformat and #time. In theory (I haven't tested it), this could be done to have a broader choice of default formats but still allow individual users to view the dates in their preferred format.