Re^3: Date format in attributes of local XML API (HTML)

The   is useful in some cases.

It is used inconsistently, though. Both times   is used ('%b %d, %Y at %H:%M %Z' and /%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z/), the other spaces are just normal spaces. I would say just replace the   with normal spaces, but I don't know if the non-breaking space was intentionally included to keep the time zone information with the time.

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Re^4: Date format in attributes of local XML API (HTML) by tye (Sage) on Feb 15, 2015 at 21:40 UTC
Yes, I realize that not all of the spaces are ` `. That is intentional, actually. Having no breaking spaces would mean that the dates can't be split at all. Having a non-breaking space between the two shortest elements leads to, when a table is too wide for a display, the date/time being split in a better-looking way. It might be good to replace, say, at least the first two spaces in that first string with non-breaking spaces. Though, those are less important because they come at the front of the string where breaking is less likely anyway. I don't use that format so don't have any experience with how that format breaks in an ugly manner in tables displayed at PerlMonks, so my guesses there are less founded so I haven't touched that. But allowing the date/time to break into 2 pieces that are likely to be roughly the same length has proven beneficial when using the other format. I don't know if the non-breaking space was intentionally included to keep the time zone information with the time. "The ` ` is useful in some cases." Yes, that particular ` ` is useful. - tye	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Date format in attributes of local XML API (HTML) by LanX (Saint) on Feb 15, 2015 at 22:13 UTC
Sorry I don't get it, you are explaining why this ` ` is beneficial in html design, but this is xml data for external clients. Or do you use these xml scripts internally to populate html templates? ~~What am I missing?~~ update Never mind read the whole thread again and got it now. `s/ / /` for the xml ticker would be nice! :) Cheers Rolf PS: Je suis Charlie!	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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