In the recent changes list in the Ripuarian WP, we have a line saying at which date/time the
list starts:

Zëijsh de nöüje Ännderonge fum 11:49, 31. Määz 2006 aff

that happens to be incorrect with the time preceeding the date but would be fine otherwise.

Since the date/time format is user-selectable, a functionality is needed that allows us to
choose between different sentences, depending on the date format, e.g. something like:

{{DATEFMT|1,2,3,4|Zëijsh de nöüje Ännderonge fum $1 Uur aff

|5,6,7,8|Zëijsh de nöüje Ännderonge fun $1 un do_noh}}

or more comfortable:

{{DATEFMT|1,2,3,4=Zëijsh de nöüje Ännderonge fum $DATE aff $TIME Uur

|5,6,7,8=Zëijsh de nöüje Ännderonge fun $TIME Uur om $DATE un do_noh}}

or less comfortable via parser function:

{{#switch:{{USERDATEFORMAT}}

|1=...
 ...
|9=...}}

I assume the latter would be fairly easy to be implemented but requires the use of parser
functions in the MediaWiki name space, creating an additional dependecy for the languages that
must use it, effectively banning them from being used on wikis that don't have the parser
functions extension installed.

If I am right, the numbering would have to be dependant on the current language installation
which is certainly a drawback. That is imho unflexible since you cannot leave messages
untranslated when they use this feature, and adding to oraltering the choice of date/time
formats would have an impact on all those messages. On the other hand one can say, there are
likely not many messages requiring the feature, and once an installation has been set up,
changes are unlikely. Nevertheless, a better way to identify date/time formats might be worth
contemplating.

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