> >I always use a method of entering the date that is understandable to all
> >(world wide). The method is to offer a field for day an option button for
> >written month and a field for year. This way there is no
> confustion and you
> >can give it a professional look.
>
> If you are working with current dates (less than 12 months past)
> there is a
> more fool-proof approach that works well for me: display the current
> month's calendar (with buttons for next/previous month) and have the user
> click on the desired date. Using this approach there is no need for date
> validation because it is impossible to enter an invalid date, whereas your
> approach requires validation (eg: day > last day of month, Feb 29 in a non
> leap year, etc.).
I have done this before but it is better to have a common way to enter
dates. Plus date validation is a fairly simple process.
>
> >IMHO expecting the user to adhere to a your
> >date format is never going to look professional.
>
I make a distinction between date entry and date display. As I think I've
manageg to say now quite a few times. I'd love to be able to DISPLAY a date
in the users preferred format. But when they are ENTERING it I use a method
to reduce confusion. You don't know if someone foreign to the computer is
using the program.
If there were a metacard function that would convert from what is any of the
current date format's into the user format then I would use it but only ever
for display purposes.
> Take a closer look at this statement in conjunction with the one
> above...it
> is you who expects the user to adhere to your format, even if she/he has
> indicated a different preference in the Control Panel. What Jeanne and I
> are suggesting is that the date format should adhere to the user's
> preferences rather than the user adhering to the programmer's date format.
>
>
> Rob Cozens
> http://www.serendipitysoftware.com/who.html
>
> "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
> Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."
>
> from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)
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