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Also: use 4-digit years. There is a forum that I visit a few times a week. It's been around for 20-30 years. It prints dates as 08/11/02, 09/03/04. Very confusi

Also: use 4-digit years. There is a forum that I visit a few times a week. It's been around for 20-30 years. It prints dates as 08/11/02, 09/03/04. Very confusing

jiveturkey 3y ago
not sure what the confusing part is here? 02 = 2002.
- kevincox 3y ago
  You are assuming an American date format. The format of the date may come from 1. Your browser locale. 2. The developer's preference and ignoring the locale. 3. The server's configuration (so the operators preference). 4. Guessed based on your current network location. I guess if you are in the US using a US locale it is usually true if you are visiting a US site as almost all of these will select a US locale so it doesn't matter the source, but it is impossible to be sure. And if you live outside of the US or use a non-US locale then at least one of these will frequently return a different locale and you will have little way to know which format is being used.
- yibg 3y ago
  Is it Aug 11 2002 or Nov 8 2003 or Nov 2 2008?
  - jiveturkey 3y ago
    I have never seen 2 digit years being used in YY/MM/DD formats. So I have pretty high certainty which place is the years. The month/day confusion is very real, but that isn't what parent complained about. In fact, if the site had used 4 digit years like 08/11/2002, as parent requests, it would still be equally confusing. So that was clearly not the point of contention.