Current date format can be confusing mm/dd/yyyy

Hi @MortenCopenhagen ,

The current date format on the forum is in the American standard which is month/day/year mm/dd/yyyy. This is a numerical format which can lead to confusion.

@shivam_kadwade | Post link

In America this post’s date is 10th January 2023. In the UK this date would be in the future 1st October 2023.

There are two formats which avoid this confusion

2023-10-01 or 10th Jan 2023.

I wanted to vote on this but although it identifies as voting open the option is not available - could this be a date related issue? i.e. is it being seen as in the future as I am in the UK?

Is it possible to get this changed? :thinking:

Cheers,

Nigel

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@nigelfreeney

Check the settings found here:

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/user/myprofilepage/user-id/154888/tab/user-preferences:display

Cheers

Morten

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Hi @MortenCopenhagen ,

I don’t appear to have sufficient rights to make that sort of change? :rofl: :roll_eyes:

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I tried to use your profile number.

Here are the steps:

Tap your profile pic

Then My settings

Then Edit

At the top select Preferences

At line 2 select Display

Find Date Display Format

Cheers

Morten

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Hi @MortenCopenhagen ,

I think the reason your link failed was because it was linking to your profile. I followed your logical path and was able to change the date format to dd-MMM-yyyy which now results in:

Caption: @nigelfreeney  post date date changed to UK specific format

I’m still not able to vote on this post even though it shows post is open to votes?

Thanks,

Nigel

The Idea Exchange closed some months back. That is probably why you can not vote.

If you share the link, @nigelfreeney I can check.

Cheers

Morten

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@MortenCopenhagen you are correct. The Idea Exchange has been closed and the submissions there aren’t being considered anymore.

@nigelfreeney I saw you posted the link on your post. If you click the thumbs up icon, that lets you vote on the idea (I just did it), but it won’t really matter anymore. I’m guessing you were displayed the US date format since it’s the default (for whatever reason) but I’m glad you’re able to change it from your setting.

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