Show thread date on first page

[Pour1Malt]

Mike-

please display the date differently an randomly fur each threid!




that'll sort us oot!



HA!

[Jerry]

Mike-

please display the date differently an randomly fur each threid!




that'll sort us oot!





HA!

Yeah, that will work, and let's go to the military 24 hour clock too. Now let's see, is it add 12 or subtract 12?

[Mike1]

24 hour time format is also available.

[ccga3359]

24 hour time format is also available.

Ohh can we go metric time> 100 minutes an hour, 20 hours a day, 10 months a year. I think that that would end all the confusion.

[wsk]

I am neither for nor against showing the thread date. There are times when I've wanted to know if the thread is new or old but there was little lost when I discovered that I've already read-the-thread.

I have argued in the past for standardized date format simply because this side of the pond formats dates differently from the format used on the other side of the pond.

That got me nowhere. But, perhaps the solution is to enhance the date and time options in User CP so that we can each choose our own format. ISO 8601 and 24 hour clock for me - I know that 8601 provides for datetime representation (2007-02-18T09:08) but that is not as easily read as 2007-02-18 09:08.

[Mike1]

IBut, perhaps the solution is to enhance the date and time options in User CP so that we can each choose our own format.

Sorry, but that's not a solution until the coders at Jelsoft make it possible.

[sjrapid]

...But, perhaps the solution is to enhance the date and time options in User CP so that we can each choose our own format.

Agreed. This would be nice! Am I correct in assuming that the board also translates post times to 'my' local timezone?

Best regards

[Mike1]

Am I correct in assuming that the board also translates post times to 'my' local timezone?

The software allows you to select your local timezone.

In the navigation Bar, click on User CP
In the left column, click on Edit Options
Scroll down to Date & Time Options
Select your Timezone in the drop-down menu
Scroll down and click on Save Changes

When you are not logged in, the forum time reflects the timezone of the server, where the site is hosted.

[Barclay]

Ohh can we go metric time> 100 minutes an hour, 20 hours a day, 10 months a year. I think that that would end all the confusion.

There was a comedian at Yuk Yuk's in Halifax that did a bit on this very topic - it went on for 20 minutes and I was crying so hard I couldn't see. Truly one of the funniest things I've ever heard.

[Mike1]

I just wanted everyone to know I've come across a way to show each thread's creation date in each postbit on the forumdisplay page. And we are not going to implement it.

We show 26 posts on each forumdisplay page and for this function to work, it would add an additional 26 database queries to each page.

All that will do is bog down the database and the forumdisplay page load times.

Sorry, but we're not going to go that direction.