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Ambiguous date format from Springer Science+Business Media.js when ISO is available #876

Closed mvolz closed 3 years ago

mvolz commented 9 years ago

I.e. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/120/5/1162 returns the date in an ambiguous format- "date":"11/01/2007"

The ISO date is available from dublin core metadata (DC.Date) in the page; is it possible to switch from using the highwire date to the DC date in this translator?

adam3smith commented 9 years ago

Is this a problem though? Zotero always defaults to reading dates as M/D/Y (though it's possible to switch, yes).

dstillman commented 9 years ago

Might be a problem for people with other locales. I think if you're using a D/M/Y locale and the date is still sane that way, Zotero will interpret it that way.

adam3smith commented 3 years ago

I don't think the translator mentioned exists anymore; the linked URL now imports ISO and we're trying to enforce ISO dates over any MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY versions in all new translators.