And I see the time twice.
2021-12-19 12:05 pm at 12:05 PM
I think I have seen this time+TIME presentation other places (file stamps?) so it may be a deep-rooted function.
Interesting. Will see how it looks in place during testing.
Yes, we've made a lot of requests for changing formats and it always seems like a bit of a drama. No doubt this is aligned with the "the more you customize the more you get off the easy-upgrade track" which is a bad thing. But dates are important to us, so we'll persevere and ensure they are done right.
Just have the date and time of when the post was made, period.
For the default date format, the site should use the default format from the OS on the computer, not from some setting on the forum.
For the default date format, the site should use the default format from the OS on the computer, not from some setting on the forum.
OK, so as it stands at the moment is that you cannot get a solid date format yyyy-mm-dd, unless you go back 1 week previous in the thread. Have you ever tried to edit the " dates " of a weeks worth of posts before copy/paste into a document, so as to get a semblance of order?. I suggest you try it, as it is a lot of work. I prefer to edit, copy/paste on a daily basis, as I am tracking quite a few threads.
Can we not agree to have each post with the date format like in the posts above ( yyyy-mm-dd and time).
MM
Can we not agree to have each post with the date format like in the posts above ( yyyy-mm-dd and time).
MM
speak for yourself only, MANY of us DO know what day we live in and as Jason said, it´s more "human readable" ..... by far.
Then what is the problem?
THAT.
Dear Jason, I see two users have hijacked this thread and are using your natural kindness to twist the way the Forum works into their own preference.
If anything, I´s start a poll and let Members decide.
I consider that a handicap, and should not be compensated by the Forum changing for thousands of Members whose minds work properly.
which is what about 0.1% of members do.
That.
Maybe she has a point.
None of my business, if it happens at home, now when it starts interfering with Forum functionality .....
A date with numbers requires virtually no work. You look at the date, then very, very slowly move your eyes down to the botom right corner of your monitor, where the current date is also conveniently sitting there in a digit format. Then one has to do the very complex process of subtracting one possibly two digit number from another, to know how long ago something happened. Numbers are used in dates, to make things easy and fast. Using the day of week names or months names is a massive step backwards.
As someone who has to file a lot of date and time stamped items, the only real way that makes sense is:
YYMMDD HH:MM so right now in my location it's:
January 13, 2022 at 2:43 pm (old school)
or
220113 14:43 (new school)
Everything listed chronologically. I suggest we all get used to it. One day it will be the way.
YYMMDD HH:MM so right now in my location it's:
January 13, 2022 at 2:43 pm (old school)
or
220113 14:43 (new school)
Everything listed chronologically. I suggest we all get used to it. One day it will be the way.
It is not my intention to start a feud about the date format. The "enhanced print thread" in the old system was a great feature for us beginners / newcomers to the field of diy electronics, as it allowed us to save the posts of threads and then go back and edit them and study and learn from them.
@JMF, sounds like I hit a sore spot. Hard to joke about ones mind in an email. Whatever the final form of the date format is, I will edit it in my documents to suit my needs.
Cheers,
MM
@JMF, sounds like I hit a sore spot. Hard to joke about ones mind in an email. Whatever the final form of the date format is, I will edit it in my documents to suit my needs.
Cheers,
MM