= Description =

The Date macro ignores the "date format" set in the UserPreferences.  The DateTime macro correctly changes to match the format, but Dates do not.  See http://www.brooksby.org/moin/FirstBrooksbyFamilyReunion for an example.  The dates always appear as YYYY-MM-DD regardless of the preferences.

== Steps to reproduce ==
## Describe the steps needed to reproduce the bug. If we can't reproduce it, we  probably can't fix it.
 1. Make a page with a Date macro on it.
 2. Try to change the way it is displayed by altering your UserPreferences page.

== Example ==
##Add URL that show the bug, screenshot or test wiki markup that fail...

URL: http://www.brooksby.org/moin/FirstBrooksbyFamilyReunion

##attachment:screenshot.png

{{{
[[Date(1979-08-18T00:00:00Z)]]
[[DateTime(1979-08-18T00:00:00Z)]]
}}}
<<Date(1979-08-18T00:00:00)>>
<<DateTime(1979-08-18T00:00:00)>>


== Details ==
## if the bug is in this wiki, just kill the table and write: This Wiki.

## Describe your environment
## example: moin 1.3.0, Mac OS X 10.3.3, Python 2.3.0, Apache 2.0.48 with mod_python 3.1.2b, using SSL and Authentication

|| '''!MoinMoin Version''' || 1.3.3 ||
|| '''OS and Version''' || FreeBSD 4.7 ||
|| '''Python Version''' || 2.2.2 ||
|| '''Server Setup''' || Apache 1.3 ||
|| '''Server Details''' || ||


== Workaround ==
## How to deal with the bug until it is fixed

Put up with it.

= Discussion =
Strictly taken, this is not a bug, but a missing feature.

UserPreferences let you only choose your datetime_fmt. Not your date_fmt.

= Plan =

 * Priority: medium
 * Assigned to: ThomasWaldmann
 * Status: fixed in patch-648

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