'Date' types don't seem to use/respond to "#-F" formatting

> Adding "#-F [F d, y]" before the "=" in the Modification date call (or similar) has no effect.

{{#ask: [[Modification date::+]]
 |?Modification date#-F[F d, y]=Foo
 |?Modification date#-F[F d, y]
 |?Modification date#-F [F d, y]= Spaces are not valid!
 |headers=plain
 |sort=Modification date
 |order=descending
 |limit=3
}}

Does work as described [0].

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[0] https://sandbox.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/ModificationDateFreeFormat

James Hong Kong (talk)

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