Date formats (in Updater screen)

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Is it possible in updater screen to have date format in regional settings
format instead of default mm/dd/yyyy hh:nn?

This can perhaps be applied to other dates in the plugin (I just checked
the iTunes trailer date and that one seems fine (in my case it was
dd.mm.yyyy, which is correct for my regional settings) but there might be
other dates).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mitja.skuver on 18 Apr 2010 at 2:43

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Actually the code already uses regional settings for the datetime. It uses the 
language set in MediaPortal Config. On my setup with German set in MePo Config 
I 
have dd.mm.yyyy hh:mm

Original comment by bborgsd...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2010 at 7:59

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That's weird, i know i have correct regional settings format set.. 

I re-checked TVSeries, which i know for sure that formats the date by the 
regional
settings) and it was working good (dates show as dd.mm.yyyy). 

But in the OnlineVideos Updater, i am getting mm/dd/yyyy hh:nn? in the facade 
items..

Will double check this tomorrow when i'm not working over VNC :)

Original comment by mitja.skuver on 18 Apr 2010 at 10:56

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Ok, now it's clear.. I'm using English language in MePo because my local 
language is
not really translated so I have bunch of mixed strings, and I don't want that :)

For clarification, MP-TVSeries plugin uses system locale and not the MePo 
language..

For test, I copied strings_en.xml to strings_hr (Croatian) and set Croatian as 
the
language. Then the date is in correct format..

Original comment by mitja.skuver on 19 Apr 2010 at 8:35

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When doing the localization I have though  about the two options:
a) using System Lang b) using MePo Lang
I went with the second options for a couple of reasons:
-it's easier to test (don't have to change system language)
-OnlineVideos is only a plugin and should honor the MainApplication settings
-there is one central place to set the language for MePo in Config, so the user 
won't
get confused (e.g. I set German in MediaPortal but have an English Windows - 
I'd be
confused to see German words in the built-in Plugins but suddenly English in
OnlineVideos)

I'd suggest the MP-TV Series team to change to this behavior as well. 

If you have missing strings you can always update the language file with the
MPLanguageTool and submit to the MePo team, so it will be in the next release :)

Original comment by bborgsd...@gmail.com on 19 Apr 2010 at 9:01

• Changed state: WontFix

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Hehe, i wish i had time also for localization.. 24hrs per day is not enough for 
me :)

Original comment by mitja.skuver on 19 Apr 2010 at 9:09