Allow incompletely specified Time Formats (#8816)

* Allow incompletely specified time formats

* Adjust error reporting slightly

* Update setting.go

diff --git a/modules/setting/setting.go b/modules/setting/setting.go
index f55833a0e05fb6607a0fd90ba866a0197ddeed01..832403e20f4299a86972169ec06a51867bfda35b 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/setting/setting.go
+++ b/modules/setting/setting.go
@@ -835,7 +835,8 @@ func NewContext() {
                        TimeFormat = timeFormatKey
                        TestTimeFormat, _ := time.Parse(TimeFormat, TimeFormat)
                        if TestTimeFormat.Format(time.RFC3339) != "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z" {
-                               log.Fatal("Can't create time properly, please check your time format has 2006, 01, 02, 15, 04 and 05")
+                               log.Warn("Provided TimeFormat: %s does not create a fully specified date and time.", TimeFormat)
+                               log.Warn("In order to display dates and times correctly please check your time format has 2006, 01, 02, 15, 04 and 05")
                        }
                        log.Trace("Custom TimeFormat: %s", TimeFormat)
                }