feat: Make the date format customisable

[icyflame]

Thank you for this great, minimalist Hugo theme. I really like the look and its simplicity. I am completely new to Hugo, but I was able to easily edit the existing templates by looking at the documentation and the example site.

One feature that I wanted was to be able to customize the date format, and display dates as 2006-01-02. This PR adds that feature. This works, but ...

I am not entirely certain that using a partial is the right solution here, as a site-level configuration variable feels more appropriate. However, I was not able to figure out how to define a "default" format without using an if-else block, so I chose to implement this using partials.

The if-else block would reduce the readability of the existing single.html template, as it may look something like this:

{{ if .Site.Params.dateFormat }}{{ .Date.Format .Site.Params.dateFormat }}{{ else }} {{.Date.Format "2006/01/02" }}{{ end }}

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[yihui]

Thanks! Using a partial sounds like an overkill for this task. I think a site-level config is more appropriate, and the natural solution is the default function:

{{ .Date.Format (default "2006/01/02" .Site.Params.dateFormat) }}

[icyflame]

@yihui Thanks for that! The default function would be ideal for this use-case ✅ I have updated this PR, take a look when you can!

[yihui]

Looks good!

[icyflame]

@yihui Thank you for the approval! Is there anything else for me to do, or are you waiting on something else before merging this PR?

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[yihui]

@icyflame Like most other feature PRs, this one will not be merged. This theme is meant to be a bare minimal one, and those who are interested in learning how to add new features can learn from the pull requests. Apologies for not being clear in the first place, and thanks again for your contribution!

[icyflame]

Ah, I see! Got it ✅

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