In the user part of a post, the date joined is displayed. The format, however, is the American mm/dd/yyyy format. I'm not American, and it would be a little nice if there might be the option to change this and any other dates that have to appear to be in the format that pretty much the rest of the world uses, dd/mm/yyyy format (or even dd mmm yyyy). It's a little change, I know, but it'd still be appreciated. Thanks.
I know, right? I mean, who goes around saying things like, "It's the August of the 30th!"?
Literally no one says that.
We say "It's August 30th" which is much more efficient than "it's the 30th of August". For the record, I'm Canadian, not american, and I never understood day before month. It's just weird.
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It's similar logic to the ISO 8601 date format standard, where elements are placed in order of decreasing size. Year > Month > Day > Hour > Minute > Second > Milisecond. I prefer this one because you can be variably specific without changing the beginning of your date-time; they always begin with the year. It also seems to mentally filter the information more logically. If we start with the day, it could still be any one of up to 12 days in any year through all time, a potentially infinite number of possibilities. Starting with the year, it's at most one of 366 days. Next, with the month, it's at most one of 31 days. It's like going through a multi-layer sieve; each level produces a more fine granularity.
I came looking as I noted the Campaign start dates were also in "American" - Wanted to request this change. Adding more options for the users sounds like a great way to include more people.
In the user part of a post, the date joined is displayed. The format, however, is the American mm/dd/yyyy format. I'm not American, and it would be a little nice if there might be the option to change this and any other dates that have to appear to be in the format that pretty much the rest of the world uses, dd/mm/yyyy format (or even dd mmm yyyy). It's a little change, I know, but it'd still be appreciated. Thanks.
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D&D Beyond FoundersYup, having date format implemented to follow a setting in the profile would be really useful. :)
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I know, right? I mean, who goes around saying things like, "It's the August of the 30th!"?
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D&D Beyond FoundersOf course, I use ISO standard in a lot of documentation I do for work, but wanting that as an option is possibly a bit much. ;)
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"We got this, no problem! I'll take the twenty on the left - you guys handle the one on the right!"🔊
Literally no one says that.
We say "It's August 30th" which is much more efficient than "it's the 30th of August". For the record, I'm Canadian, not american, and I never understood day before month. It's just weird.
"Orcs are savage raiders and pillagers with stooped postures, low foreheads, and piggish faces with prominent lower canines that resemble tusks." MM p245 (original printing)
You don't OWN your books on DDB: WotC can change them any time. What do you think will happen when OneD&D comes out?
American here, but as I understand it, the logic is that the numbers go in order of increasing size. Day < Month < Year. It's more consistent than the American standard. Here's an image I've seen around the internet to illustrate.
It's similar logic to the ISO 8601 date format standard, where elements are placed in order of decreasing size. Year > Month > Day > Hour > Minute > Second > Milisecond. I prefer this one because you can be variably specific without changing the beginning of your date-time; they always begin with the year. It also seems to mentally filter the information more logically. If we start with the day, it could still be any one of up to 12 days in any year through all time, a potentially infinite number of possibilities. Starting with the year, it's at most one of 366 days. Next, with the month, it's at most one of 31 days. It's like going through a multi-layer sieve; each level produces a more fine granularity.
I see this was never implemented.
I came looking as I noted the Campaign start dates were also in "American" - Wanted to request this change. Adding more options for the users sounds like a great way to include more people.
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I really prefer the ISO format yyyy-mm-dd, because everyone can make sense of it.
Would be nice to have it available.