+Chananda Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 Pretty simple really, most of the rest of the world does not use MM/dd/yyyy as a date format. The preferred format should be an profile preference and then applied across the site.
Motorcycle_Mama Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 There have been numerous discussions on the forums about this subject. If my memory serves me correctly, TPTB have indicated that this is something they are working on for for enhancements of the site.
+Shilo Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 Pretty simple really, most of the rest of the world does not use MM/dd/yyyy as a date format. If they did, this would never be an issue again
+Chananda Posted August 23, 2009 Author Posted August 23, 2009 There have been numerous discussions on the forums about this subject. If my memory serves me correctly, TPTB have indicated that this is something they are working on for for enhancements of the site. That's good to hear. A bit more internationalisation would encourage non-english speakers a bit more too.
+niraD Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 And please offer more choices than DD/MM/YYYY and MM/DD/YYYY. For example, I prefer YYYY-MM-DD even though that isn't the "standard" US date format.
AZcachemeister Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 Once again, I must assert that only Julian dates are adequately unambiguous and equally inconvenient to all. Well, maybe not ALL... Hmmm, I wonder if there is a Julian clock app for my Palm, or my PC...?
+Shilo Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 Once again, I must assert that only Julian dates are adequately unambiguous and equally inconvenient to all. Awesome!!! ok, just kidding. But I did learn something new
+Kryten Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Once again, I must assert that only Julian dates are adequately unambiguous and equally inconvenient to all. Well, maybe not ALL... Surely this calendar would be far more inconvenient.
+edscott Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Once again, I must assert that only Julian dates are adequately unambiguous and equally inconvenient to all. Well, maybe not ALL... Surely this calendar would be far more inconvenient. A step in the right direction but incomplete.. we need a decimal calendar with zero at the exact moment the gaseous ball that became earth spun out from the sun. Until we have that available I suggest we leave things as they are. No point making a bunch of radical changes every few hundred years.
+StarBrand Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 My vote would be for something like this: 24-Aug-2009 Surely very very few people could possibly misunderstand that format. dd-MMM-yyyy
+Shilo Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 My vote would be for something like this: 24-Aug-2009 Surely very very few people could possibly misunderstand that format. dd-MMM-yyyy Almost have that already....look under my name over here<<<<<<<< <<<<thats over here...lol. You have my vote as well....works good and easily understood. But the Julian..ah well nevermind
+riviouveur Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) My vote would be for something like this: 24-Aug-2009 Surely very very few people could possibly misunderstand that format. dd-MMM-yyyy Well, except people in whose language "Aug" isn't a month (French, for one, plus much of Eastern Europe). Edited August 24, 2009 by riviouveur
+Yossarian Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 My vote would be for something like this: 24-Aug-2009 Surely very very few people could possibly misunderstand that format. dd-MMM-yyyy Well, except people in whose language "Aug" isn't a month (French, for one, plus much of Eastern Europe). The only good solution is the one where people get to choose the format they want to see. I think Stardate is better than Julian date. The current Stardate is -313354.26217656006
+Lil Devil Posted February 12, 2010 Posted February 12, 2010 The only good solution is the one where people get to choose the format they want to see. Sorry to bump this 6 month old thread, but I had it bookmarked to mention that the today's release of my VIP List Greasemonkey script has the ability to change the format of dates on cache pages to whatever format you want to see. Hopefully someday Groundspeak will give you that ability directly on the website, but until that time this script can help. Plus, this script has a whole bunch of other useful features! If your haven't tried Firefox and Greasemonkey yet, today may be a good time to check it out.
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