+
+>>>> the ready/edittemplate branch looks good to me too. `formatted_time` and
+>>>> `html_time` probably don't hurt, but personally i'd not add either and
+>>>> instead expose displaytime as a directive, for otherwise migrating to
+>>>> html5 would leave old evaluations of displaytime around in the repository.
+>>>> (example template: `\[[!meta date="<TMPL_VAR time>"]]I wrote this post at
+>>>> \[[!displaytime "<TMPL_VAR time>"]]`). --[[chrysn]]
+
+>>>>> That's a very good point; and Joey added `\[[!date "<TMPL_VAR time">]]`,
+>>>>> which does the same thing as your hypothetical `\[[!displaytime]]`,
+>>>>> almost 5 years ago. Branch replaced by `smcv/ready/edittemplate2`
+>>>>> which drops `formatted_time` and `html_time`, and adds a suggestion
+>>>>> to use `\[[!date]]`. --[[smcv]]
+
+>>>>>> [[merged|done]] --[[smcv]]