Enhancement

- Separate date format when editing from the default one.

doc/man/taskrc.5.in

@@ -475,6 +475,8 @@ Enables the extension system.  Defaults to on.
 .TP
 .B dateformat.holiday=YMD
 .TP
+.B dateformat.edit=m/d/Y H:N:S
+.TP
 .B dateformat.info=m/d/Y H:N:S
 .TP
 .B dateformat.annotation=m/d/Y

src/Config.cpp

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ std::string Config::_defaults =
   "# Dates\n"
   "dateformat=m/d/Y                               # Preferred input and display date format\n"
   "dateformat.holiday=YMD                         # Preferred input date format for holidays\n"
+  "dateformat.edit=m/d/Y H:N:S                    # Preferred display date format when editing\n"
   "dateformat.info=m/d/Y H:N:S                    # Preferred display date format for information\n"
   "dateformat.report=m/d/Y                        # Preferred display date format for reports\n"
   "dateformat.annotation=m/d/Y                    # Preferred display date format for annotations\n"

src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp

@@ -631,8 +631,12 @@ bool CmdEdit::editFile (Task& task)
   file << "task." << getpid () << "." << task.id << ".task";
   std::string path = location._data + "/" + file.str ();
 
-  // Determine the output date format
+  // Determine the output date format, which uses a hierarchy of definitions.
-  std::string dateformat = context.config.get ("dateformat");
+  //   rc.dateformat.edit
+  //   rc.dateformat
+  std::string dateformat = context.config.get ("dateformat.edit");
+  if (dateformat == "")
+    dateformat = context.config.get ("dateformat");
 
   // Format the contents, T -> text, write to a file.
   std::string before = formatTask (task, dateformat);

src/commands/CmdShow.cpp

@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
     " data.location"
     " dateformat"
     " dateformat.annotation"
+    " dateformat.edit"
     " dateformat.holiday"
     " dateformat.info"
     " dateformat.report"