using "date-basic" with no end date

[mrjonnywood]

I've just started using your plugin and it's great! However, I'm having a slight issue in getting dates to show up when only a start date (day, month, year) has been defined and no end date. This is what I have:

$mem_date = mem_date_processing( 
    get_post_meta($post->ID, '_mem_start_date', true) , 
    get_post_meta($post->ID, '_mem_end_date', true)
);

if ($mem_date["start-iso"] !=="") {
    echo '<h5 class="small-title">' . $mem_date["date-basic"] . '</h5>';
}

Dates with both start and end show up but the ones with only a start date output the h5 tag but nothing else.

[ms-studio]

Thanks for reporting! Indeed, I can reproduce the problem.

For a date input such as '2017-09-13', the result of mem_date_processing() is:

'date' => string 'Wednesday, September 13th 2017' (length=30)
'date-short' => string 'September 2017' (length=14)
'date-basic' => string '' (length=0)

I will have a look at what's wrong with 'date-basic'.

[ms-studio]

Hi @mrjonnywood, I revisited the conditional structure, and made this visual that shows the logic.

Here's the concept of the different date display types:

"date" : Displays the date with all available information, including year, month, day, time. Example: "Tuesday March 15th 2013, 8:30 AM".

"date-short" : Precision level stops at year and month. Doesn't show day or time information. Year is always displayed. Example: "March 2013".

"date-basic" : Doesn't show time. Doesn't show the year. Day numeral is displayed without the "th". Example: "March 15".

Let me know if this "date-basic" variant matches your use-case. As it wasn't complete, this variant hasn't ever been used – so we may modify the formatting according to what you need.

Another interesting feature could be to display the year, but only if it differs from the current year.