[eluser]gregormck[/eluser]
Hi there,
I'm building an app at the moment where I want to give users the option to choose their preferred date format. For example:
US users might want 07/28/2012
Where UK users might want 28/07/2012
My preference would be to handle dates regardless of preference in the same format in the controller and in the model - meaning that the controller will push a date to a view in the format of "28/07/2012", but then parse it to "07/28/2012" for a US user (as an example).
When it comes to inputting a date via a date picker for example the user will see "07/28/2012", but the form will post "28/07/2012" meaning I don't need to do any extra server side checks i.e. check date format preference.
Is this the "right" approach to take, or should I look to implement some server side date format preference checks (outside filtering, validation, etc.)?
The app will use dates a lot so I want to implement the right system design - just not sure about the best way to go about handling preferences. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Gregor
