Date Format

[David_Old_Jersey]

"He who controls the past controls the future"

And that includes fiddling with the dates

[PamlicoTraveler]

I'm new to this forum and that date thing really confuses me. mm/dd/yy or dd/month/yyyy would be nice. Or somehow making it a user preference, but I know that's not easy.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by PamlicoTraveler

... mm/dd/yy ... would be nice...

Aren’t we using Month, Day, Year (mm/dd/yy)?

[David_Old_Jersey]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Aren’t we using Month, Day, Year (mm/dd/yy)?

Mine shows: dd-mm-yyyy.


Apart from your post. Which says "Today"

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

Mine shows: dd-mm-yyyy...

So it does.
Sometimes, one has to step back and see it from another's point of view.

[Blue Stocking]

All I know is that on July 1st, 2010, I reach 65.
No more LandTax on my residence
No more Vehicle licence fees
And I get to ride the ferries and busses for free.
And-oh yeah--Gord and the Canadians can have the day off--on me

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by Wotname

If we are going to change the date format, can we also go to the metric date/time system as the same time.

10 secs to the minute, 10 minutes to the hour, 10 hours to the day, 10 days to the week, 10 weeks to the month.....

Oh god, that would make learning to use a sextant fun

[PamlicoTraveler]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Aren’t we using Month, Day, Year (mm/dd/yy)?

Yes. My post was confusing. What I meant was that I would find it easier if the month was spelled out if it's going to be in the middle. So today would be: 6/June/2010

[GordMay]

More confusing yet, would be 06/07/10.
Is that June 7, or July 6?

[daddle]

Driving on the left, Ringgits, Pesos, dates, scarves, kilos, petrol ... get used to uncertainty. Leave the tiny womb of America.

Does it really matter if 06-07-2010 is July or June? Not to me.

[MarkJ]

Originally Posted by GordMay

More confusing yet, would be 06/07/10.
Is that June 7, or July 6?

Well, ask an Australian when they should commemorate 9/11. September or November?

I am sitting here trying to remember. Truthfully I can't.

[TaoJones]

Originally Posted by daddle

Does it really matter if 06-07-2010 is July or June? Not to me.

It probably doesn't matter to a lot of readers, daddle, but it matters to the software that runs this site.

All posts are added to the thread in which they appear in the order of posting as determined by the date-and-time-stamp. It's what keeps the Forum well-organized.

The provider of the vBulletin software is a British company, and they have adopted the European system of DD-MM-YYYY. The date can be useful to readers, as well, since they can see how old a post they're responding to is before submitting their post - that is, if they bother to check.

TaoJones