libretro / libretro/RetroArch

[BUG] Toggle of Date and Time (ON/OFF) setting should be respected elsewhere on the system — General screens + History playlist)

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Description

Description

I use RetroArch on a PlayStation Classic, which has no native network support and has no internal clock, so, seeing date and time for me is really annoying, because it display a default period back to February 2018, something like that (date of manufacturing of the board, I think).

Expected behavior

Happily, I can just turn OFF the display of date and time, and, for the general screen, it does not show it anymore, just like other options like the "battery" one. Until here, ok!

Actual behavior

However, we also have the date shown in the HISTORY playlist.
There, no matter what is your setting, it will be always present.

I think it should not visible here too, if you does not want to see dates.
It is a matter to just respect the global setting elsewhere.
However, of course, the amount of time (hours) played should not be touched, for the history purpose this is essential.

Steps to reproduce the bug
  1. Just turn off the displaying of date/time on the main settings
  2. Navigate to the history tab
  3. The date and time will still be there
Version/Commit

This was present on version 1.8.4, then 1.8.5 and now to 1.9.0.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how the global date/time display setting is applied to general screens and how date/time is rendered in the HISTORY playlist. Verify the history view's handling of that setting, then test that disabling date/time hides the date and time while preserving the hours-played value.

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Tech stack
c
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
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Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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