bear Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 It's been brought up that the numeric date format in use on the forum is a bit confusing. Dates like 04-05-2009...is it May? Is it April (current settings make it April)? So here's your chance to ask for change...or not. Vote in the poll, and if there's enough interest in one form or the other, we'd be willing to consider changing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljesh Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I voted and prefer dd-mm-YYYY but even Month-dd-YYYY would be better then the current situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsign Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I think it's better to have the actual month name in it, keeps the Americans and us Brits happy that way as neither of us get confused Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keliix06 Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 American company, American date format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsign Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 American company, American date format They're a British company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 British Company, American...oh...dang. I'd agree that having the month spelled out would be the least confusing for me personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 i voted, cannot be clearer than that dd-Month-YYYY (01-April, 2009) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedombi Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Is there a way to make it configurable by user? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 I'm afraid not, members can only set time zone, so whatever is decided, it's majority rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keliix06 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 They're a British company Then I guess I deserve to lose. oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedombi Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Voted. Being American, I have no problem with the current format, but if it's to be changed, having the month name would be nicely unambiguous. Either that, or yyyy-mm-dd (2009-04-23), but that wasn't an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webhostireland Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 I am used to dd-mm-yyyy but I think dd-month-yyyy is the easiest format for all users. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) I would like to use April 1, 2009 In order of preference: April 1, 2009 01-April, 2009 04/01/2009 01/04/2009 Although the British method is the most logical (smallest to greatest), I don't think it should be exclusively used. Spelling out the month is definitely the best way to go. Edited April 24, 2009 by Gears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
othellotech Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Either that, or yyyy-mm-dd (2009-04-23), but that wasn't an option. /aol-mode me too /aol-mode-off I would much prefer YMD format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Biddle Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 First or the third option. Voted third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isdoo Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Also voted for Month-dd-YYY, which in my opinion looks the neatest. The current style is confusing for many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckh Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I voted the for the last one which is the closest to what I like it. However, with that format you really don't need any seperators except for a space or a leading 0. It should be: 1 April 09 or 1 April 2009 instead of 01-April, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 There really wasn't much of a call for change here, as it was nearly evenly split between the available choices and only 54 people voted. For now, let's leave things as they were. Thanks for voting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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