Manual:$wgUseDynamicDates

<translate> This feature was removed completely in version <tvar name=ver>1.21.0</tvar>.</translate>

<translate> Language, regional and character encoding settings</translate>: $wgUseDynamicDates
Enable to allow rewriting dates in page text.
<translate> Introduced in version:</translate>	pre 1.1.0 (r1431)
<translate> Removed in version:</translate>	1.21.0 (Gerrit change 47744; git #I609db84)
<translate> Allowed values:</translate>	(boolean)
<translate> Default value:</translate>	`false`
<translate> Other settings:</translate> <translate> Alphabetical</translate> \| <translate> By function</translate>

Details

Enable to allow rewriting dates in page text. Setting this to true allows the user to pick their preferred date format. See Manual:Dynamic dates .

The configuration variable was introduced in r1424 as $wgMungeDates, and removed in Gerrit #I609db8. One can still use the #dateformat magic word.

THIS DOES NOT FORMAT CORRECTLY FOR MOST LANGUAGES.