Ion-datetime: How to add meaningful suffix(es) + feature request

Ionic Framework Ionic Angular
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I would like to display the ion-datetime picker with suffixes, like this:

19.12.19 14:39

Using pickerFormat obviously does swallows the separators (the dot as well as the colon), when defined like this:

D.M.YY HH:mm

This documentation [1] shows a way to add suffixes to ion-picker. However, I will not build my own datetime-picker from the bottom up just to get suffixes.

So … in my current code, I tried to use the pickerOptions attribute, hoping to be able to set some suffixes, but no joy. Part of the problem is the mandatory name attribute of a PickerColumn, I guess.

bla.html

<ion-datetime
          placeholder="Select a date"
          displayFormat="D.M.YYYY HH:mm"
          pickerFormat="D.M.YY HH:mm"
          formControlName="taskStartAt"
          [pickerOptions]="pickerOptions"
          (ionChange)="onTaskStartAtChanged($event)"
          [min]="taskService.taskStartMin"
          [max]="taskService.taskStartMax"
        ></ion-datetime>

bla.ts

pickerOptions = {
    animated: false,
    columns: [
      {
        suffix: '.',
      },
      {
        suffix: '.',
      },
      {
        suffix: '.',
      },
      {
        suffix: '.',
      },
      {
        suffix: '.',
      },
      {
        suffix: '.',
      },
    ],
  };

Idea: add the attribute to ion-datetime to keep the separators and show them in non-selectable columns.

pickerFormatKeepSeparator="true"

[1] https://www.learmoreseekmore.com/2020/01/ionic-picker-sample-code-in-angular.html