can i change that stupid US system MM/DD/YYYY

[Restor]

can i change that stupid US system MM/DD/YYYY?

like 12/28/2011, it should be 28/12/2011.

Is there some option in my profile to change it? it is confusing for the rest of the world.

 

[Kwah]

It would be here if it existed. :\

 

[Restor]

i dont see it there


well, how many americans are here anyway?


http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/422590_700b.jpg

anyone???

 

[PROXY]

I lol'd.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Nope, I don't think there's an option for that.

Also did you have to be so picky about it in the thread title and put in your opinion as well? That may stir up some drama here soon.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

Why? He gave a suitable qualification about the date format. Though, some places use DD/MM/YY which is just as bad, 3/8/12 now guess which month it is from the two.. DD.MM.YYYY ftw

 

[Magtheridon96]

I was arguing with this guy about how the metric system is way better than his stupid one.
His argument:
- I don't drink a litre of water, nor do I drink a milliliter. I drink a cup, or a pint. Why must I bother myself with these units of measurement that I can't use to describe the things around me?
My argument:
- You're fat lol

 

[Troll-Brain]

Awesome picture Restor.
And Mag awesome argumentation.

It's true that it's annoying, but you are considering the problem in the wrong side.
Why not simply post on days with no confusion at all ?!

It's not hard to post the 1/1/XXXX, the 11/11/XXXX, the 1/13/XXXX, ...
See ? You will even have many time to correct any typo, or/and test what you're saying yourself before submitting it.

 

[Mediumunwell]

Seems that all my great troll friends are posting on this thread, so I want to, too. And I know you're gonna say, "I'm not your friend, guy!" And then, I will say, "I'm not your guy, buddy!" And then, you will say, "I'm not your buddy, friend! O wait, I mean..." Or something like that.

Anyway, today is 01/07/2012 hur in Amurica. And, its easy to tell the date like that because its always the same hur on the hive. So, if you wrote the date lookin like 7/1/12, I'd know you were lyin.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

So it's 8.1.2012. What's up?

Should this be a clear thing?

Days... Months... Years. Yeah, sounds right to me.

Months... Days... Years. Noo?

Minutes... Seconds... Hours. Nooo?

Seconds... Minutes... Hours. Oh yea.

So... What? Why isn't this a clear thing?

Americans, you try to be unique? Well, see this picture.

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[Dr Super Good]

As a British citizen I also want to see DD-MM-YYYY formated dates.

 

[HFR]

As an alien from the Andromeda galaxy I think your DD-MM-YYYY format is too simple and inaccurate in comparison to our D-MM-YY,YYY-PP-SSD-KJT date format.

 

[Rui]

This is why I always write my dates like this: 8-Jan-2012, no confusion then. I also dislike this Month-Day-Year system. =\ I don't mind seeing it written like this: «January 7». However, the short date format is confusing/misleading.

 

[Bribe]

As an American living in Europe I want ddmmyyyy too. Going back to America was so confusing. I could no longer tell what day it was...

 

[Magtheridon96]

As an American living in Europe I want ddmmyyyy too. Going back to America was so confusing. I could no longer tell what day it was...

It's August 1 today :>

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I also vote for DD-MM-YYYY
I think it's unanimous at this point.

 

[Mediumunwell]

Damn you conformists. haha jk

I guess I will join the band-wagon and vote for change, even though I'm American and don't have a problem with the m/d/y

 

[takakenji]

HEllo Guys Can any1 Tell me Where my WOrld Eidtor is?

 

[Kwah]

Thread cleaned. Topic relevant discussion only, please.

 

[Crayons]

I'd really rather have a "January 3, 2012" than a "3 January 2012".

It feels like, THERE ARE THREE JANUARIES OMG

 

[GhostThruster]

No one says '3 January, 2012'.
You're supposed to say '3rd of January, 2012'. And then Americans fuck it up by saying 'January the 3rd, 2012'.

 

[~Void~]

can i change that stupid US system MM/DD/YYYY?

like 12/28/2011, it should be 28/12/2011.

Is there some option in my profile to change it? it is confusing for the rest of the world.

There isn't really any difference.

Also, that's my birthday

 

[Jaret]

day/month/year

Hell, just think about it - it has some order, from less, to more.
It makes me wanna puke when i see the months going by like days - and, strangely, i never knew a year had 30/31/29/28 months.

 

[Ralle]

Thread cleaned.

I agree with you. That date is annoying.

The perfect world would be one where you define the format yourself.

 

[Skycraft]

Out of curiousity, can the admin codepros code it in to alter the day/month system to your preferences or does it only have the one option?
I'm getting a feeling the latter is more correct.

 

[Ralle]

I can easily change the format. But it is global. Otherwise I would have to code up some kind of interface for people to go and change their format. And I am not very interested in doing that. I will however keep it in mind if I ever make something myself.

 

[Deolrin]

You could at least change it to day\month\year. I'm pretty sure that most people prefer it that way, and will understand it better.

I was seriously confused about how it works when I first joined. Either way, can't you implement it in Hive 2.0? That would be really cool, whenever it comes out. Hopefully in this decade.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

^ In order to not get a donut, better leave non-related to D-a-t-e thread for somewhere else. I was also going to ask the same but decided not to for that reason.

I dont have a problem with the Date, i've been to places using both formats so I make a difference, not forum, in the outside world.

 

[Crayons]

January Twen-tee Eyt - less syllables

Twen-ee Eyth of January -moar syllables


less effort is great.

 

[Troll-Brain]

I got an awesome idea : what about create a new format which will be used nowhere but here ?

 

[Bribe]

11 12 01 is officially the obfuscated nightmare of all.

But I think having a DDMMYY system, Ralle, would cater to most of your user base, if the ratio of people that are more familiar with it in this thread is anything similar to what the rest of the users are familiar with. Maybe we could make a public poll?

 

[-Peper-]

DD/MM/YYYY for the win!

 

[RiotZ]

DD/MM/YYYY for the win!

The entire world should be on the same system. And it should go YYYY/MM/DD, pwned.

 

[Crayons]

hmm, as an adept to both formats, and as a lazy-ass, I really haven't noticed the current date format could pose a problem to people here.

yeah, poll is good.

though after this, people would just get on their lives, leaving with only the knowledge that their lives have been slightly improved because they now know what month it is, assuming that everyone lives like a hermit.

 

[Ralle]

I prefer YYYY-MM-DD because file browsers can sort by date in filenames properly.

 

[RiotZ]

I prefer YYYY-MM-DD because file browsers can sort by date in filenames properly.

Lol I never actually thought of that.

 

[Bribe]

I'm down with YYYYMMDD at least it's not throwing the date in the middle which has absolutely 0 logical quality. The date being in the middle threw me when I was trying to learn it back when I was still a human child in school.

 

[Troll-Brain]

All but not the US system.

 

[Bribe]

OK YDYMYMDY format it is.

 

[Troll-Brain]

All but not Bribe's suggestions.

 

[Crayons]

All but not Bribe's suggestions.

seconded.

bribe <3

 

[SA Dashie]

I suggest a set a multiple choice for the dating order in the user control for any order you want (other than choices like Bribe suggested =D). Although I suggest setting the DD MM YY to be default though so it isn't confusing for the majority of visitors.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

The entire world should be on the same system. And it should go YYYY/MM/DD, pwned.

I prefer YYYY-MM-DD because file browsers can sort by date in filenames properly.

Was about to say that.

I always use YYYYMMDD myself. If not this, then keep MMDDYY, as I've gotten used to it over the last, um, eight years being here.

 

[Rui]

I'm down with YYYYMMDD at least it's not throwing the date in the middle which has absolutely 0 logical quality. (...)

This.

All but not the US system.

In logic it translates to:
( All \ [ ~ USSystem ] )
= ( All \ [ All \ USSystem ] ) ^{(means of the whole that is «All» you'll cut out everything in «All» except the US system, which logically equals to}
= USSystem

Means you're either accidentally saying the contrary of what you want to say without realizing it or you're intentionally saying what you're saying. Translating: are we being sarcastic?

 

[Troll-Brain]

The US system is not a valid boolean parameter, as there is no logic behind it.

 

[RiotZ]

The US system is not a valid boolean parameter, as there is no logic behind it.

And yet a nation revolves their calendars around it.

90% of the world has 0 logical value, and it still exists. As, a boolean (I would link the definition but Wiki is doing this dumb censorship shit) is a true or false value, it has nothing to do with numbers, I fail to see its relevance.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Oh, and while we're at it, I'd prefer if "Today" and "Yesterday" were replaced with the actual date. Because, I don't know, consistency.. oh, and the fact the time on this forum deviates from my time, thus being confusing.

 

[Bribe]

I like "Today" but "Yesterday" is pretty lame.

@ xRiotZx, the fact you can't use other means of looking up a definition pretty much puts you in that 90% bracket, at least for the moment

 

[Troll-Brain]

And yet a nation revolves their calendars around it.

Thats doesn't mean it's good, nor logic.

90% of the world has 0 logical value, and it still exists. As, a boolean (I would link the definition but Wiki is doing this dumb censorship shit) is a true or false value, it has nothing to do with numbers, I fail to see its relevance.

The whole RUI's answer is bullshit, a litteral expression can't be translated in logic.
So i don't see how i can't use the same process.

Ofc you know it, but that was nothing else than trolling.
I don't care that much about keep the US system or not.

 

[Deolrin]

Oh, and while we're at it, I'd prefer if "Today" and "Yesterday" were replaced with the actual date. Because, I don't know, consistency.. oh, and the fact the time on this forum deviates from my time, thus being confusing.

You do realize you can change the timezone displayed on the Hive, right?
It's under "User CP", "Settings and Options", "Edit Options", "Time Zone".

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Yes, I've put it to the same timezone as I am in, and yes, I am sure. It still displays your post just now (3 hours ago?) as yesterday.