Re: Another date exercise

On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 08:36 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: > tedd wrote: > > Hi gang: > > > > Here's another exercise to consider. > > > > This is a date entry problem where the user can enter a date in various > > forms, but the return will be in a consistent format. > > > > For example, a user might enter a date in the form of: > > > > August 5, 2009 > > Aug 05 2009 > > Aug 5, 9 > > 08/05/09 > > 8-5-9 > > 8 05 2009 > > 8,5,9 > > > > Or any combination thereof. > > > > However, the resultant date will be standardized to: Aug 5, 2009. > > > > Extra points for solving this for Euro as well as US date formats (i.e., > > 5 Aug, 2009 vs Aug 5, 2009). And, extra extra points for accommodating > > month brevity, such as "A" for August and "Mar" for March and so on. > > But the real problem here is 05/08/09 is still August 5 2009 ..... > So teaching customers to use 2009.08.05 removes the hassle of needing to know > where your target site is based! > > But as has been said, the real solution is a date picker. > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// > Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php > Seriously, go out and beat your clients over the head, and then hit them about some more until they understand the folly of using bad date formats. US-style dates are just the start of it! Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk