Date representation in The Lounge
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Would it be possible to replace the single tick with "20"? When I read ..... Oct '01 it looks to me like the comment was entered on Oct 01, which most of the time is completely wrong. Spelling out 2001 doesn't steal too much space while it makes it quite obvious that I'm looking at the wrong column. Personally, I'd like it reformatted to yyyy to be able to look at the right edge (where no disturbing text is) to see when a comment was posted, but that's just me. /Mike
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Would it be possible to replace the single tick with "20"? When I read ..... Oct '01 it looks to me like the comment was entered on Oct 01, which most of the time is completely wrong. Spelling out 2001 doesn't steal too much space while it makes it quite obvious that I'm looking at the wrong column. Personally, I'd like it reformatted to yyyy to be able to look at the right edge (where no disturbing text is) to see when a comment was posted, but that's just me. /Mike
which most of the time is completely wrong. Yeah, like 364 times out of 365, right? ;-P David http://www.dundas.com
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Would it be possible to replace the single tick with "20"? When I read ..... Oct '01 it looks to me like the comment was entered on Oct 01, which most of the time is completely wrong. Spelling out 2001 doesn't steal too much space while it makes it quite obvious that I'm looking at the wrong column. Personally, I'd like it reformatted to yyyy to be able to look at the right edge (where no disturbing text is) to see when a comment was posted, but that's just me. /Mike
Mike I like the date fromat the way it is, the apostrophe denotes where the year starts. Different tastes I guess. Regardz Colin J Davies P.S I need beta testers for VMTU.
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Mike I like the date fromat the way it is, the apostrophe denotes where the year starts. Different tastes I guess. Regardz Colin J Davies P.S I need beta testers for VMTU.
Speed up your internet connection with VMTU
Variable Maximum Transfer Unit, or VMTU is an algorithm for negotiating the packet sizes passed from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to your Internet TCP connection. The connection speed does not increase; the throughput of the modem is improved.
How about detecting when Mike is logged in, then wrapping the day-of-month portion of the date in <blink> tags. Then he could never get them mixed up... ;)
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How about detecting when Mike is logged in, then wrapping the day-of-month portion of the date in <blink> tags. Then he could never get them mixed up... ;)
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Dr David Wulff, Phd Aqkuoerian Sciences dwulff@battleaxesoftware.nospam.com Founder of The BLA iF yuo find speeling mistkaes, don;t blaem me, blaem my keybord.
So you don't see neither redundancy nor the possibility to misunderstand the year represenatation here? Good for you! I however fail to see how your comment can not be interpreted as an invitation to a flamewar, since you basically called me an idiot by "Then he could never get them mixed up...". As I'd usually express it, "well f u c k you too". /Mike
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So you don't see neither redundancy nor the possibility to misunderstand the year represenatation here? Good for you! I however fail to see how your comment can not be interpreted as an invitation to a flamewar, since you basically called me an idiot by "Then he could never get them mixed up...". As I'd usually express it, "well f u c k you too". /Mike
Being an American, when I first came to this site, the DD MM 'YY date format confused the bejeezus out of me, but I have since gotten used to it. I think it actually makes more sense than MM DD 'YY, but I do see some merit in having YYYY as opposed to 'YY. Short version: once you get used to it, you won't notice it anymore. Jon Sagara
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Would it be possible to replace the single tick with "20"? When I read ..... Oct '01 it looks to me like the comment was entered on Oct 01, which most of the time is completely wrong. Spelling out 2001 doesn't steal too much space while it makes it quite obvious that I'm looking at the wrong column. Personally, I'd like it reformatted to yyyy to be able to look at the right edge (where no disturbing text is) to see when a comment was posted, but that's just me. /Mike
I agree with this. I've been confused with the date format several times. I'm just used to the MM/DD/YY or MM/DD/YYYY format. Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
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So you don't see neither redundancy nor the possibility to misunderstand the year represenatation here? Good for you! I however fail to see how your comment can not be interpreted as an invitation to a flamewar, since you basically called me an idiot by "Then he could never get them mixed up...". As I'd usually express it, "well f u c k you too". /Mike
I wasn't intending to start a flame war, I was just taking the piss. (you'll notice I have a smilie in my signature by default to save misinterpretation).
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Dr David Wulff, Phd Aqkuoerian Sciences dwulff@battleaxesoftware.nospam.com Founder of The BLA iF yuo find speeling mistkaes, don;t blaem me, blaem my keybord.
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So you don't see neither redundancy nor the possibility to misunderstand the year represenatation here? Good for you! I however fail to see how your comment can not be interpreted as an invitation to a flamewar, since you basically called me an idiot by "Then he could never get them mixed up...". As I'd usually express it, "well f u c k you too". /Mike
So you don't see neither redundancy nor the possibility to misunderstand the year represenatation here? Good for you! Well now that you mention it - no. I get confused if I see the date as MM/DD/YY and you get confused if you see it as DD/MM/YY, soDD/MMM/YY is a short but clear method of displaying the date in a worldwide-fiendly fashion. DD/MMM/YYYY would'nt make much difference at all - if you don't notice a ' then what makes you think you'll notice a 20? Anyway, shouldn't the date and time stuff, etc, be based on the locale you selected in your profile? Chris, how about it?
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Dr David Wulff, Phd Aqkuoerian Sciences dwulff@battleaxesoftware.nospam.com Founder of The BLA iF yuo find speeling mistkaes, don;t blaem me, blaem my keybord.
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Would it be possible to replace the single tick with "20"? When I read ..... Oct '01 it looks to me like the comment was entered on Oct 01, which most of the time is completely wrong. Spelling out 2001 doesn't steal too much space while it makes it quite obvious that I'm looking at the wrong column. Personally, I'd like it reformatted to yyyy to be able to look at the right edge (where no disturbing text is) to see when a comment was posted, but that's just me. /Mike
The current date format rocks because it is easy to read, regardless of if you're in the US or not. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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So you don't see neither redundancy nor the possibility to misunderstand the year represenatation here? Good for you! I however fail to see how your comment can not be interpreted as an invitation to a flamewar, since you basically called me an idiot by "Then he could never get them mixed up...". As I'd usually express it, "well f u c k you too". /Mike
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So you don't see neither redundancy nor the possibility to misunderstand the year represenatation here? Good for you! Well now that you mention it - no. I get confused if I see the date as MM/DD/YY and you get confused if you see it as DD/MM/YY, soDD/MMM/YY is a short but clear method of displaying the date in a worldwide-fiendly fashion. DD/MMM/YYYY would'nt make much difference at all - if you don't notice a ' then what makes you think you'll notice a 20? Anyway, shouldn't the date and time stuff, etc, be based on the locale you selected in your profile? Chris, how about it?
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Dr David Wulff, Phd Aqkuoerian Sciences dwulff@battleaxesoftware.nospam.com Founder of The BLA iF yuo find speeling mistkaes, don;t blaem me, blaem my keybord.
When the User-Profiles would get an additional field called 'Locale ID', I (living in Germany) would enter "DE", You could enter "US", etc. Now when rendering a page, Chris could simply call
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which most of the time is completely wrong. Yeah, like 364 times out of 365, right? ;-P David http://www.dundas.com
And 365 time out of 366 last year. :-D Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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I wasn't intending to start a flame war, I was just taking the piss. (you'll notice I have a smilie in my signature by default to save misinterpretation).
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Dr David Wulff, Phd Aqkuoerian Sciences dwulff@battleaxesoftware.nospam.com Founder of The BLA iF yuo find speeling mistkaes, don;t blaem me, blaem my keybord.
OK. Sorry. I was a bit itchy, though I still find your comment insulting. Perhaps it's considered polite to speak about OP's in third person where you come from? What I was referring to was the fact that the rightmost position is aligned to something the human eye easily catches; the vertical right border. As such, it would be faster to notice changes in that "column" than it would be to back-track every line to see the date (by several orders of magnitude). That was basically what my comment was about: Seeing "'01" right-aligned for every comment (every _line_ that is not expanded) makes less sense (to me) than to see the date the comment was entered, when you without scanning every line "backwards" (from right to left) would see date the comment was entered. Perhaps it could keep me from getting it "mixed up". Perhaps it would be a step forward in usability and browseability? /Mike
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I agree with this. I've been confused with the date format several times. I'm just used to the MM/DD/YY or MM/DD/YYYY format. Foot-and-Mouth disease is believed to be the first virus unable to spread through Microsoft Outlook
This is something I don't understand. In our number system(s) we have the value of numbers ordered from right to left in increasing importance/value, but they are read from left to right since the leftmost position is the "most significant" - the largest - number. How come american (and perhaps others) dates are expressed in a completely illogical order where the middle-most "number" (month) is expressed first, then the "least significant" number (day) and finally the "most significant" (year)? Wouldn't "y m d" (disregarding separators or represenation) be the most natural order?
