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How do I fix the date format used when I read the LtU forum?

I would like to see DD/MM/YYYY as is proper, not backwards MM/DD/YYYY.

(PS: I love making fun of American idiosyncrasies)

By Denis Bredelet -jido at 2006-12-07 16:19 | Site Discussion | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 2219 reads

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Good point

Good point. Since I don't think there's a way for individual users to control the date format, I've changed it to follow ISO-8601.

Please direct any complaints about properness to the ISO Central Secretariat, 1 rue de Varembé, Genève.

By Anton van Straaten at Thu, 2006-12-07 17:37 | login or register to post comments

Now I'll have to...

...revisit all those throw away Python scripts I wrote for building my LtU indexes. :-)

By Chris Rathman at Thu, 2006-12-07 19:54 | login or register to post comments

Hmm

Oops, didn't think of that. Sorry.

By Anton van Straaten at Thu, 2006-12-07 19:57 | login or register to post comments

No problem...

...I've been meaning to clean up a couple of things. :-)

By Chris Rathman at Thu, 2006-12-07 20:03 | login or register to post comments

Re: Good point

Wow, it is even worse that way. I suppose everyone will have the date format now, not only non-US residents.

Nonetheless- Thanks Anton!

By Denis Bredelet -jido at Thu, 2006-12-07 18:52 | login or register to post comments

Dates

Excellent. The ISO format is the only one that makes any sense, so we should use it (I always do myself).

By lennart at Thu, 2006-12-07 19:15 | login or register to post comments

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We who care about useability don't. Human-readable date formats (using the month name, possibly abbreviated, instead of its ordinal) are usually prefered as they are quicker to interpret and less likely to be misunderstood.

By Yorick at Fri, 2006-12-08 13:38 | login or register to post comments

Perhaps for some. Others,

Perhaps for some. Others, like me, use ISO dates all the time, for everything. If you prefer ordinals, rather than arbitrary names, the ISO format makes it easier to understand dates (no asking "Is this date in the US format? Really, or can I just not tell?"), has the wonderful property the resolution increases with length, and actually makes sense.

By Thomas Sutton at Mon, 2006-12-11 04:11 | login or register to post comments