Store mentor's away timestamp in a single format
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	Oct 8 2025, 9:34 AM

Description

As spotted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:GrowthMentors.json the awayTimestamp property is currently stored in two different formats: unix like timestamp "20251213123701" and json iso encoded "2026-08-30T03:08:01Z" . Both are valid MW ConvertibleTimestamp, and the config is validating properly but the discrepancy is undesired as it generates confusion for an admin user that would want to edit a value directly through the json editor.

Acceptance criteria

awayTimestamp is stored in a single format
The format is the json iso encoded like

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Mentorship: store awayTimestamp always in ISO format	mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments	master	+9 -1

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Status	Assigned	Task
Resolved	Urbanecm_WMF	T239234 [EPIC] Newcomer homepage: Mentorship dashboard
Open	None	T289600 Mentor dashboard: Future release
Resolved	Urbanecm_WMF	T280307 Mentor dashboard: M2 mentor tools/settings
Open	None	T368861 When a mentor has their talk page protected, this results in degraded experience of their mentees
Open	None	T244258 Homepage: Treat mentors with protected talk pages as unavailable
Resolved	None	T340453 [Epic] FY 2023-24 Growth Maintenance Work
Resolved	DMburugu	T367429 [Epic] FY 2024-25 Growth Maintenance Work
Open	Sgs	T347152 [Epic] Structured mentor list: Migrate mentor status to GrowthMentors.json
Resolved	Sgs	T406701 Store mentor's away timestamp in a single format

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Sgs created this task.Oct 8 2025, 9:34 AM

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Sgs added a parent task: T347152: [Epic] Structured mentor list: Migrate mentor status to GrowthMentors.json.Oct 8 2025, 9:44 AM

Change #1194641 had a related patch set uploaded (by Sergio Gimeno; author: Sergio Gimeno):

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] Mentorship: store awayTimestamp always in ISO format

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1194641

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Change #1194641 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] Mentorship: store awayTimestamp always in ISO format

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1194641

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Sgs mentioned this in T347152: [Epic] Structured mentor list: Migrate mentor status to GrowthMentors.json.

Requirement

All awayTimestamp values in GrowthMentors configuration must use a single format, namely JSON ISO encoded timestamps (e.g. YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ). No entries should remain in the numeric/unix-like format in the UI or in fetched JSON responses.

BDD

Feature: Consistent ISO timestamp format for mentor awayTimestamp  

Scenario: Viewing configuration shows only ISO format  
  Given I am on the GrowthMentors.json page
  When I view the `awayTimestamp` fields  
  Then none should be in numeric / unix-style form  
  And all should appear in  JSON or JSON-like  format

Test Result

Status: ✅ PASS
Environment: beta
OS: macOS Sequoia 15.5
Browser: Chrome Canary (latest as of test date)
Device: MS
Emulated Device: NA

Test Case 1: Inspect JSON editor for timestamp format