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Can we get a sane date format?

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Hi,

Would it be possible to let users choose a date format? Because MM-DD-YYYY is complete nonsene. The delimiter - is only used in ISO formats, where (YY)YY-MM-DD is the correct notation.

The correct delimiter for the (still nonsensical) MM DD YY(YY) order would be /.

So please, if you insist on MM DD YYYY, use MM/DD/YY. Otherwise, use YYYY-MM-DD.

Thanks
 
I see you're posting from Germany. :)

This is a US based site and that's mm-dd-yyyy is a very common date display method here.
 
What oldie is saying is that in the US the typical custom, regardless of online or not, is to list the date as:

MM - DD - YYYY, so for today it would be: 09/22/2012 , that is just the convention here in the US.
 
Please point me to the paragraph at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 that lists MM-DD-YYYY as a valid date format.

Since you confuse - and / in your own post, I don't know what to argue. Perhaps you aren't even aware that these things called delimiters exist? *shrug*
 
I don't see anywhere that claims [H] conforms to any ISO standards. If you don't like it, there is an X button in the top corner you can click to relieve yourself of the self-imposed misery.
 
All I'm saying is that display method is easily readable by US users and the search engine here understands it just fine (if you set it to look for threads over a year old for instance). If it works for 99% of the readers here and the search works fine, why should it be changed?
 
Working search is an effect of a format-agnostic date representation in the database. The same effect could be a user-settable date format. I mean, I can change my timezone, why not the date format? I never said I want to change it for everyone.

But it's OK. I'm the unreasonable alien and you're the inner circle with your "traditions". Never bothers me.
 
It is like Brits driving on the left. Tradition in US is MM/DD/YYYY sometimes shortened to MM/DD/YY.
 
I wasn't even arguing the order. MM/DD/YY would be fine because I instantly recognise it as the US format. MM-DD-YY is messing with the brain if you're not from the US and used to ISO.
 
TCM said:
I wasn't even arguing the order. MM/DD/YY would be fine because I instantly recognise it as the US format. MM-DD-YY is messing with the brain if you're not from the US and used to ISO.
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The website is based on the US. You'll notice that lots of US traditions are used because of that fact. Further, if a - instead of a / is really "messing" with your brain then you may have a something that should be examined because it is easily recognizable to the vast majority as well as to those of us who inter-convert between formatting. And no, delimiters don't actually matter in this case and delimiters vary based on language.
 
Oldie said:
I see you're posting from Germany. :)

This is a US based site and that's mm-dd-yyyy is a very common date display method here.
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I'm from the US and I think MM-DD-YYYY is stupid. I personally use YYYY-MM-DD and military time with everything.
 
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