Very minor niggle.
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Very minor niggle.
06-11-2017 12:30 PM
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Plusnet, why do you use horrible American dates in your emails? Surely you are a British company? why use yankee date format?
Yes it's a very very minor thing but still, It bugs me a tiny bit that I have to "decode" a date in your emails, rather than know at a glance what it is.
Re: Very minor niggle.
06-11-2017 5:07 PM
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Re: Very minor niggle.
06-11-2017 10:46 PM
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I've checked a few of my emails from PN and the dates, both in the header and the body of the email, are in the usual dd/mm/yy format. This includes billing, promotional, and renewal offer ones. Or are you referring to the PN email service (which I don't use)?
Re: Very minor niggle.
07-11-2017 10:37 AM
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I've checked a few recent received Plusnet emails (both billing and support) and the date format in mine is neither American (mm-dd-yyyy) as reported by @Stevef1, or English (dd/mm/yy) as seen by @Jonpe !.
The dates in the text of the messages I have are in International format : yyyy-mm-dd
Personally I am happy with English or International formats, but NOT American.
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Re: Very minor niggle.
07-11-2017 4:42 PM
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I believe the emails referred to are in the format @Nibiru mentions, so YYYY-MM-DD, however we should be trying to use consistent formats so Adam has flagged this up.
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Re: Very minor niggle.
15-11-2017 6:39 PM
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@Chris wrote:
..................., however we should be trying to use consistent formats so Adam has flagged this up.
I far prefer the International format yyyy-mm-dd. Hope this becomes THE standard.
Re: Very minor niggle.
15-11-2017 7:30 PM - edited 15-11-2017 7:32 PM
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I prefer the military format 15 Nov 2017 rather than 15/11/2017
works in folder names in Dos/Windows as well
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Re: Very minor niggle.
15-11-2017 7:31 PM
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I prefer the "logical" way of expressing a date.... as in ... today the date is the Fifteenth of November in the year 2017
i.e. 15:11:2017 or 15/11/2017 ( not to be confused with 15/11/17 [1917] ) or dd/mm/yyyy
and I think that most of the "official" forms and documents. presented to the members of the United Kingdom follow this rule.
just a thought... why don`t we also have a "Thumbs down" icon as well as the "like" "thumbs up" icon... ? ? ? ?
Re: Very minor niggle.
15-11-2017 10:38 PM
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@shutter wrote:
just a thought... why don`t we also have a "Thumbs down" icon as well as the "like" "thumbs up" icon... ? ? ? ?
Surely there are enough petty arguments on the forum without adding fuel to the fire?
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Re: Very minor niggle.
16-11-2017 3:56 PM
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17-11-2017 5:17 PM
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Interesting; I was involved with ISOs in '88 but that one passed me by.
Seems like a good idea - and one I've always used for files and folders on a PC to keep things in date order.
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