There should be a datetime_format option to specify whether the date or the time comes first

[holizz]

As a theme author it would be very useful to have a global option for formatting a full datetime (and a the_datetime() function too).

Sometimes datetimes are formatted "$date $time", sometimes it's "$time $date", sometimes it's even "$date at $time".

I think there should be an option for this in the general settings alongside the date and time format options.

[gauravmittal1995]

Hello ... I am trying to implement this. Can you tell me where all in a theme are the date and time used together? Right now, I have found it in the comments. Where else are they used?

[gauravmittal1995]

Made a option to select the type of date/time display and changed it accordingly in comment-template

[gauravmittal1995]

I still need places where date and time appear together. This patch creates an option to select which format you want and displays the comments in that format (since I found date-time appear together in comment-template till now) .... Please give me location for the other places and I will finish off this feature.

[SergeyBiryukov]

1. Instead of duplicating the logic in comment-template.php, a new filterable function should be introduced that would return __( '%1$s at %2$s' ) by default.
2. We probably don't need a new UI option, it would go against the ​"Decisions, not options" philosophy.
3. If we do add a new option, it should store the chosen format itself, not a numeric index.

Personally, I don't think we even need a new function.

With the_date(), get_the_date(), the_modified_date(), get_the_modified_date(), the_time(), get_the_time(), get_post_time(), the_modified_time(), get_the_modified_time(), get_post_modified_time(), mysql2date(), date_i18n(), it seems like theme developers should already have full control over displayed dates.

If there are no filters in some particular places like Walker_Comment, we should add them instead of adding new functions or options.

[chriscct7]

No further interest in 1.5 years. If interest re-emerges, feel free to reopen.