Add prefix / suffix to Post Date block

[druxstr]

What problem does this address?

The Post Date block outputs a date with no explicit context. Example :

2 Febuary 2023

This could be a "Last modified date" or a "Published on" date.

There's no way to tell.

What is your proposed solution?

Add an optional prefix / suffix to Post Date, the same way the Category block does (see PR #40559).

prefix date suffix

For instance :

Published on : 2 Febuary 2023

This would allow to use 2 Post Date blocks on the same post, which may solve #46645 :

Published on : 2 Febuary 2023
Last Modified : 3 Febuary 2023

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[iamtakashi]

+1 This will be a nice addition to the block because we wouldn't see the prefix if the post hasn't been modified.

[benimub]

+1

[jenxi]

+1 This would definitely make it easier to label published/modified dates.

[remkus]

Quite stumped why this hasn't been given any prio. This block is basically useless with being able to prefix/suffix it.

[carolinan]

@remkus Reading the comments on the linked PR, I am assuming that this is blocked because it is expected to use a block binding instead of a prefix that uses a rich text input.

[carolinan]

I mention block bindings because afaik the "bits" proposal has not seen any movement since June 2024.

[remkus]

Thanks, @carolinan