+SSO JOAT Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I just helped a new cacher go through a long list of found caches and attended events from last year and enter logs for them. We typed the actual found or attended date in the date box and entered the logs. After entering 2 dozen logs, we checked her quick view page and every single log that was just entered showed today's date on it. Went back to edit the first log entered and again changed the date to the actual find date and saved the edited log. It again reverted back to today's date. So, we edited it again and used the drop down calendar box to cycle back several months and click on the date of the log. Saved it and this time is posted with the right date. Now the joy of going back through every log and using the calendar pop out to pick dates. Why can't the new form just accept a typed in date? And yes, I was typing the dates in the exact same format that is shown when you click on a date (MM/DD/YY). Quote Link to comment
+SSO JOAT Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Ohhh, goodie! All the trackable visit logs are wrong, so now we have to delete all of those and re-dip the trackables through all the caches. Fun. Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I was typing the dates in the exact same format that is shown when you click on a date (MM/DD/YY). MM/DD/YY is not one the date format options. If you were using MM/DD/YY that would explain your issue. The only date form that uses YY would be entered 28 Mar 15. Day, Text month, 2 digit year. All the other forms use YYYY. MM/DD/YYYY Go to that account's preferences page, and make sure that the date preference is set to the form being used, and that you're actually using it. https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/preferences Quote Link to comment
+SSO JOAT Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 That is rediculous. MM/DD/YY is the standard for writing dates in the USA. If the field would not accept the date written in standard format, there should have been an indication of such when trying to enter the info by typing in the field or a rejection of the log upon submittal. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 That is rediculous. MM/DD/YY is the standard for writing dates in the USA. Actually, it isn't. The "international" standard (ISO-8601) for writing dates is YYYY-MM-DD Quote Link to comment
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