Forums date format [Archive]

E-Trance

14th October 2007, 11:48

How can I change it? My native format is DD/MM/YYYY and not MM-DD-YYYY. I am often cofused! :confused:

The same with the time format. We don't use AM/PM.

E-Trance

23rd October 2007, 14:22

So..... ?!

Mr Jones

23rd October 2007, 14:36

You can't, it's not a user defineable option as far as I know.

E-Trance

23rd October 2007, 17:49

Yes I guess ;) It was a gentle hint to make this option available for users. There are many forums that supports user-defined date/time format. So what about this huge and "international" forum?

Wildrose-Wally

24th October 2007, 04:34

"international" forum?
Surprise.....It's an American Forum.

P$ycHo™

24th October 2007, 13:51

with international users

E-Trance

24th October 2007, 15:25

Surprise.....It's an American Forum.Yeah! The real surprise for me! :eek: :) I didn't know before! :)with international usersThis is the reason why the word international is in quotes. Is it so hard to make forum support changing of date/time format for thousands of non-American users?

Mr Jones

24th October 2007, 16:36

Originally posted by Wildrose-Wally
"international" forum?
Surprise.....It's an American Forum.

I think (trying to remember a conversation I had with moonman here), that the servers and such don't actually reside in America, but in... well, that would spoil the suprise :)

And if they still are in America, I think the long term plan was to move it elsewhere...

Wildrose-Wally

25th October 2007, 01:02

My guess is they already moved them (to an unstable country).

The evidence is in the database.....:igor:

E-Trance

27th October 2007, 08:48

So what about the subject of this thread? Do non-American people have a chance to see 24-hour and DD/MM/YYYY formats?

Wildrose-Wally

27th October 2007, 10:43

Not likely very soon, if ever.

E-Trance

28th October 2007, 11:05

Why? Is it so hard to do? :(

Mr Jones

28th October 2007, 11:09

Why is it so hard to use the format provided?, I'm in the UK and we use DD/MM/YYYY and not once in 7 years of being here has it been a problem for me, it's just one of those things you get used to on the internet, not everyone uses the same format....

E-Trance

28th October 2007, 13:43

Yes it is hard for me.I am often cofused! Hummmm... And seemingly ONLY for me ;( So I have to submit to this :(

P$ycHo™

28th October 2007, 17:17

i have no problem with the current settings and im from germany

sirebob

19th November 2007, 02:39

Well, try being in the military, we got alot to confuse you. all the traditionals are accepted, then the DDMONYY(18NOV07). and these are fun, Time, YYMMDD. (2230, 071118) and then we had a separate one for screening for the military, then a pseudo separate one for bootcamp