it would be very useful if there existed a date format parser next to the date input boxes
a date here and it will autofill the date bits incorporated into the date format

this would work like the old mb script
for starters, it could be simple and accept only YYYY-MM-DD or DD-MM-YYYY formats for the beginning

a list of formats:

• YYYY-MM-DD
• DD-MM-YYYY
• YYYY/MM/DD
• DD/MM/YYYY
• DD $month YYYY
• YYYY $month DD
• YYYY MM DD
• DD MM YYYY

($month here is written month names):

• jan, january, januar, januari, janeiro
• feb, february, februar, févr, februari, fevereiro
• mar, march, mars, março, märz
• apr, april, avr, abril
• may, mai, maj, maio
• jun, june, juni, juin, junho
• jul, juli, july, juil, julho
• aug, august, août, augusti, agosto
• sep, september, septembre, setembro
• oct, october, oktober, octobre, okt, outubro
• nov, november, novembre, novembro
• dec, december, desember, des, dezembro, dez, déc, dezember

and what about ambiguous date formats like DD-YY-MM, DD-MM-YY, YY-DD-MM or YY-MM-DD ?
have the thing simply ask for clarification!

some cleverness, for example a 25 13 02 date could be 25th feb 2002, or 2025, feb 13.
but a date of 78 03 14 can only be 1978 mar. 14