Feature request: Add (Wiktionary dump) date to StarDict, possibly others

[Moonbase59]

I usually add the date of the Wiktionary dump to the StarDict .ifo file, in the format date=2022-01-27. Maybe this is also feasible for other formats. It helps enormously to differentiate between dictionary versions.

Could we add that, so the project auto-generates it?

Should be easy to add this to convert.py, I’d think.

If you have objections using the dump date as date and prefer using the actual generation date, we could instead add some text to the description field, like maybe: (based on DE Wiktionary as of 2022-01-27).

[BoboTiG]

Actually, we keep track of both dates.

For Kobo, we add a INSTALL.txt file in the dicthtml-$LOCALE-$LOCALE.zip file, and it contains the Wiktionnary dump + file creation dates:

(...)
Wiktionary dump: 2022-01-20
(...)
Updated on 2022-01-27T01:18:19.401382

We could add more details in the .ifo file too, let me check that.

[BoboTiG]

:heavy_check_mark: :)

[Moonbase59]

Real useful for people to check if they want an update, thanks!