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opnspaces
Navigator II
Nov 17, 2023
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Can the date format be changed to alpha characters for the month

Can I suggest changing the posting date format of posts to use three letters for the month. While I believe the membership of this site is predominately US, we still have many members who not.

In the US we list dates as MM/DD/YY But in many other parts of the world they list dates a DD/MM/YY

So when I read a message and see it was posted on 07/11/2023 Was that post made on July 11? Or if I'm not in the US, was it posted on the November 7? If it's  simple change I would suggest a date format that uses alpha for the month like Jul 11 2023.. That way there is no mistake whether I'm in United States or in Great Britain? This might be a moot point if this is already handled by the local browsers. But figured I'd bring it up.

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  • TeamGoodSam's avatar
    TeamGoodSam
    Nov 17, 2023

    Hi opnspaces, thank you for this suggestion! We have implemented this change and you should see dates reflected in the MMM-DD-YYYY format on posts now. 

     

  • TeamGoodSam's avatar
    TeamGoodSam
    Community Manager
    Nov 17, 2023

    Hi opnspaces, thank you for this suggestion! We have implemented this change and you should see dates reflected in the MMM-DD-YYYY format on posts now. 

     

    • opnspaces's avatar
      opnspaces
      Navigator II
      Nov 18, 2023

      TeamGoodSamJust curious are the new date formats going to be only for new posts stating from yesterday Nov 17? I ask because if I click on Truck Camper Group and then groups I see dates of what's probably expected like 3 hours ago, 2 weeks ago etc. But if I scroll down further the old dates are still in the old format. I don't think it's really necessary to convert the old dates .just a question.

  • opnspaces's avatar
    opnspaces
    Navigator II
    Nov 21, 2023

    For anybody reading this, if you want to change the date format as suggested you need to edit your preferences.

    My Settings

    Preferences

    Display

    Find the Date Display Format and add a single M to the beginning so there are three capital M's in the date instead of only two. 

    Old: Date Display Format MM-dd-yyyy

    New: Date Display Format MMM-dd-yyyy

    To go further you can look lower on the screen under Date Display Format  and play with the bullet points for Display dates as and see if you prefer one over the other.Just make sure to click Save

     

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