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joehoyle
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| Date & time formatting is not handled in the API. All API datetimes are provided in ISO 8601 (RFC 3339, `date('r')`) format; that is: `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ`. This datetime then needs to be formatted as appropriate for display to users. | ||
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| If you want to follow the site date/time formatting settings in JavaScript, you need to pass the `date_format` and `time_format` settings to your script, then translate these into their equivalents for the relevant library you're using. These options can be passed via `wp_localize_script`: |
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These are also available via the settings API.
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Settings is only available when you have manage_options, so not really a general purpose solution, alas.
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| wp_localize_script( 'my-plugin-script', 'MyPluginScriptTranslations', array( | ||
| 'name' => __( 'My Plugin', 'my-plugin' ), | ||
| 'select_post' => __( 'Select a post...', 'my-plugin' ), |
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How would I do: You selected the %s post in a translation for the front-end?
| For example, you may have code that renders a post into HTML, and want to use this on the server as well. Let's say your frontend code looks something like this: | ||
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| ```js | ||
| $.ajax( '/wp/v2/posts/42', { |
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Maybe we should use a fetch example rather than jQuery?
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I'm assuming most WordPress developers aren't familiar with fetch and also aren't going to be any time soon.
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Work in progress, don't merge yet :)