Do you want control over the date format?

[Darg]

I created a poll - let's hear your opinion!

Do you want to change the date format used on these forums?

The Americans do their dates like this:

MM-DD-YYYY

The British / Aussies do it like this:

DD-MM-YYYY

The International ISO date standard does it like this:

YYYY-MM-DD

 

[The Helper]

No - you can choose one or the other. The forum will only set to one date format I believe. This vote would be for a change from the US to the rest of the world format.

 

[The Helper]

I modified the pole to reflect what the issue really is. Darg you can vote the other way now

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Everyone says verbally "February fifth, 2005." So why not format it like that. 2-5-05.

 

[Darg]

Everyone says verbally "February fifth, 2005."

hah, says you

aussies usually say it the other way around, though we've been known to use both ways.

given the new information that we can't individually choose the date format, this poll now seems pointless and we might as well leave it as it is. After all, the majority of admins / mods here are american, and not brits or aussies.

 

[AceHart]

I'd be careful with big words like "everyone"


If it can't be made user selectable,
then the only real choice is YYYY - MM - DD
No confusion there... (yeah, sure. But, it's an international standard)


AceHart

 

[Chile]

020505

sort of like a serial number

 

[The Helper]

Unless a bunch of people come in and want US format all of a sudden I think we will probably be switching to International.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

I'd be careful with big words like "everyone"


If it can't be made user selectable,
then the only real choice is YYYY - MM - DD
No confusion there... (yeah, sure. But, it's an international standard)


AceHart

I've never seen it like that. I'd be confused which number is month / day

Unless its over 12.

 

[Darg]

I'm guessing you're not familiar with ISO standards then ryoko?

Type "iso 8601" into google.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Never seen it; no one uses it here.

 

[Darg]

I guess the only reason I'm aware of ISO standards is because I did an IT degree in addition to Engineering - if I had done only Engineering it is unlikely I would have heard of them either.

They're commonly used / referenced within the IT industry anyway.

 

[Mind]

Perhaps you should write the month as a verbal abbreviation?

 

[AceHart]

Right now, the months are spelled out completely,
which is, IMNSHO, a format I can live with


AceHart