Select YOUR OWN DATE/TIME FORMAT!

[Buck Birdseed]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
I find that very difficult to read, why would you want the year first? Isn't knowing the date more relevant? Today in that format is 021129!! how do you say that out loud? confusing as hell.

It's logical in that it follows the same system used by every other measurement, ie. has the largest unit first, and the fastest incrementing unit last.

How to say it out loud: nolltvå elva tjunie.

[Gangerolf]

It's logical in that it follows the same system used by every other measurement, ie. has the largest unit first, and the fastest incrementing unit last.

logical schmogical. most people are aware of what year it is and are more interested in knowing the day of the month, so day-month-year makes more sense (at least to me it does)

How to say it out loud: nolltvå elva tjunie.

well but how would I know if that's a date or your frickin phone number?

[Skanky Burns]

Most people are interested in the day, as the month changes very rarely. It is a worry if you don't realize what month it is.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
well but how would I know if that's a date or your frickin phone number?

You normally get the phone number whilst on a date.

[Gangerolf]

Most people are interested in the day, as the month changes very rarely. It is a worry if you don't realize what month it is.

very rarely? it changes every 30 days or so!

You normally get the phone number whilst on a date.

true, true

[Asher]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Most people are interested in the day, as the month changes very rarely. It is a worry if you don't realize what month it is.

But it's still easy to spot.

If it's in the format of:
November 28, 2002.
It's the first number.

If it's in the MM-DD-YY format, then it's the middle number between the characters.
Same with MM/DD/YY.

The year should go at the back because most of the time I don't even use it. Optional stuff should be at the end so it can be not included and not screw anything up.

The month should go first, since in civilized countries it's pronounced "November 28th" and not "28 November".

[Buck Birdseed]

Optional stuff should go at the beginning, like initial zeroes.

[Asher]

What about the extra precision of decimal places? They go at the end.

I always like reading from the same spot all the time. The first will always be the month, the second will always be the day, and if there's a third it's the year. woee.

[Buck Birdseed]

Originally posted by Asher
What about the extra precision of decimal places? They go at the end.

Are you saying years are more precise than months and months more precise than days?

[Provost Harrison]

Well I am going to use the 29th November 2002 format, I find it easier to follow...

[Dauphin]

That format screws the layout of the screen.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Are you saying years are more precise than months and months more precise than days?

No, I'm saying that a lot of time the extra decimals are left off.

IE: 1.00.

We can leave it off sometimes to get 1.

In dates, we have 11-29-02.

We can leave it off and get 11-29.

It's consistent.

This way we always start at the same place, the last bit is just optional.

[Dauphin]

So where do you put the time of day?

[Asher]

I seldom put the date and time together.

Probably on different lines.

[Solver]

A good feauture Markos

Though luckily, the defaults were already the way I liked them.