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Inconsistency on member page by RaceProUK on 05-24-2006 at 12:57 AM

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US dates on the left, UK date on the right. Threw me when I first saw it.

Edit: Clicky belowy forry biggy.

Also, the separators are different.

RE: Inconsistency on member page by lopardo on 05-24-2006 at 02:05 AM

Looks like the one on the left depends on your settings. The one on the right should use your personal settings too.

RE: Inconsistency on member page by WDZ on 05-24-2006 at 03:57 AM

That date on the right is hard-coded because I'm lazy. :p

It's not dynamic anyway... it's the date on which I implemented the view counter feature.

I'll change it to "2004/04/17" to make it less confusing. :p

RE: Inconsistency on member page by RaceProUK on 05-24-2006 at 12:54 PM

It should really be formatted the same way as the other dates. Then again, it took someone this long to spot it.

RE: Inconsistency on member page by lopardo on 05-24-2006 at 06:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by WDZ
That date on the right is hard-coded because I'm lazy. :p

It's not dynamic anyway... it's the date on which I implemented the view counter feature.

I'll change it to "2004/04/17" to make it less confusing. :p

That's more confusing for me. :dodgy:

Make it use one's settings. :P
RE: Inconsistency on member page by absorbation on 05-24-2006 at 06:44 PM

I never knew the UK had speical format. The timestamps I always use using 0's in them. :P

RE: Inconsistency on member page by CookieRevised on 05-24-2006 at 06:49 PM

It isn't about 0's though...

The difference is the order of the months and days.

05/24/2006 => mm/dd/yyyy => American format
17/04/2004 => dd/mm/yyyy => European format


quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
It should really be formatted the same way as the other dates.
aye

quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
Then again, it took someone this long to spot it.
pfff... so? a bug is a bug :D
RE: Inconsistency on member page by WDZ on 05-24-2006 at 06:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lopardo
That's more confusing for me. :dodgy:
How could that be confusing? It's yyyy-mm-dd. It goes from the largest unit to the smallest unit... very logical... :p

Edit: Anyways, due to popular demand, I have made the date format dynamic... :rolleyes:
RE: Inconsistency on member page by absorbation on 05-24-2006 at 06:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
It isn't about 0's though...

The difference is the order of the months and days.

05/24/2006 => mm/dd/yyyy
02/16/1985 => dd/mm/yyyy

Oh yeh, just saw that. I looked for it before, but never saw it. lol all I can think about is this dam peice of coursework I a doing. I can't type probably on messenger at the moment. But yes, I always add the day before the month. WDZ, MyBB 1.2 hopefully should be out soon, and Chris has done alot of work on it (check his blog) small bugs like these are a reason to upgrade. But he is stealing your rep system. (a)
RE: Inconsistency on member page by lopardo on 05-24-2006 at 07:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by WDZ
Anyways, due to popular demand, I have made the date format dynamic... :rolleyes:

Thanks, we wub you. :P
RE: Inconsistency on member page by RaceProUK on 05-24-2006 at 10:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
05/24/2006 => mm/dd/yyyy => American format
17/04/2004 => dd/mm/yyyy => European format
And yyyy-mm-dd is the International format. It allows folders and files to be dated, and a simple ASCII sort also sorts chronologically.
RE: RE: Inconsistency on member page by rav0 on 05-26-2006 at 07:43 AM

quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
yyyy-mm-dd is the International format.
Exactly, and it's not one which we can pick in our Options, neither is d/m/yy (Australian). ISO format at least should be added.

I've seen a board system that lets you make your own format, maybe that could be added optionally.
RE: Inconsistency on member page by ddunk on 05-26-2006 at 02:10 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rav0
Exactly, and it's not one which we can pick in our Options, neither is d/m/yy (Australian). ISO format at least should be added.
There's already four options with similar formats. Please don't tell me the leading zeros of the options that are there are what you're complaining about.
RE: Inconsistency on member page by rav0 on 05-26-2006 at 10:31 PM

It's not there :|

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RE: Inconsistency on member page by ddunk on 05-27-2006 at 01:05 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rav0
It's not there :|

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25-04-1998
25-04-98
25.04.1998
25.04.98
RE: RE: Inconsistency on member page by rav0 on 05-27-2006 at 01:12 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Ddunk
25-04-1998
Almost, but it's backwards.
quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
yyyy-mm-dd is the International format.
RE: Inconsistency on member page by ddunk on 05-27-2006 at 01:16 AM

I was talking about the Australian format :p, sorry.

RE: Inconsistency on member page by Chrono on 05-27-2006 at 01:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by WDZ
"2004/04/17"
quote:
Originally posted by WDZ
How could that be confusing? It's yyyy-mm-dd. It goes from the largest unit to the smallest unit... very logical...
wtf are you serious? it's the first time i see something like that :P
then make it 6002/01/20 which is yyyy/mm/dd backwards :P
RE: Inconsistency on member page by ShawnZ on 05-27-2006 at 01:44 AM

actually dd\mm\yyyy is yyyy/mm/dd backwards. :p

RE: Inconsistency on member page by Chrono on 05-27-2006 at 01:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
mm\yyyy is yyyy/mm/dd backwards. 
hm good point :P you get the idea though :chrongue:
RE: Inconsistency on member page by RaceProUK on 05-29-2006 at 01:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Chrono
quote:
Originally posted by WDZ
"2004/04/17"
quote:
Originally posted by WDZ
How could that be confusing? It's yyyy-mm-dd. It goes from the largest unit to the smallest unit... very logical...
wtf are you serious? it's the first time i see something like that :P
And yet it's the international standard format.
RE: Inconsistency on member page by rav0 on 05-30-2006 at 01:27 AM

ISO 8601

RE: Inconsistency on member page by RaceProUK on 05-30-2006 at 07:50 PM

While reading that page, I ended up on one about the 'Year 2038' problem.

quote:
Originally posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
Using a 64-bit value introduces a new wrap around date in about 290 billion years, on Sunday, December 4, 292,277,026,596 15:30:08 UTC. This problem is not, however, widely regarded as a pressing issue.
Made me chuckle just a lttle bit :D