Re: Another date exercise

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 08:36:17AM +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. I *hate* date pickers. They slow down input. I can type 082309<Enter> faster than I can ever do it with a date picker. The date class knows I'm in America and since it's a six-digit date, it must be mmddyy. (Yes, for those of you *not* in America, I agree our dates are goofy. I think we all ought to be on the metic system, too, but America and the UK seem intent on sticking to Imperial measure.) Paul -- Paul M. Foster