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How to fix date format?

fusso - 15-8-2019 at 23:30

I'm using yymmdd format, but tried to change the settings to yymd some time ago and the format becomes yymd. I tried to change it back to yymmdd but no matter how many times I change it, it keeps stuck in yymd.
Original format: yymmdd, today's date displayed as 190816
After 1st change: yymd, date displayed as 19816
After attempts to revert the settings: yymmdd, but date still display as 19816

wg48temp9 - 16-8-2019 at 02:44

Quote: Originally posted by fusso  
I'm using yymmdd format, but tried to change the settings to yymd some time ago and the format becomes yymd. I tried to change it back to yymmdd but no matter how many times I change it, it keeps stuck in yymd.
Original format: yymmdd, today's date displayed as 190816
After 1st change: yymd, date displayed as 19816
After attempts to revert the settings: yymmdd, but date still display as 19816


Can you tell mt how I can change my date format? (This is a rhetorical question designed to help you think)

fusso - 16-8-2019 at 05:09

Of course I know how. I'm asking how to fix the date format on SM, not on my own pc, in case you misunderstood.

fusso - 17-8-2019 at 22:16

Tried to change the format to yymmdd a few times, but the date still display as 19818 instead of the expected 190818:(

j_sum1 - 17-8-2019 at 23:19

I think you need to replace the motherboard, flash the bios and install Linux. Make sure you have at least 72Gb of Ram and a minimum of 14Tb available drive space.

fusso - 18-8-2019 at 00:24

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1  
I think you need to replace the motherboard, flash the bios and install Linux. Make sure you have at least 72Gb of Ram and a minimum of 14Tb available drive space.
Again, I mean I'm having problem with SM's date format, not my pc's.

[Edited on 19818 by fusso]

j_sum1 - 18-8-2019 at 01:03

Quote: Originally posted by fusso  
Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1  
I think you need to replace the motherboard, flash the bios and install Linux. Make sure you have at least 72Gb of Ram and a minimum of 14Tb available drive space.
Again, I mean I'm having problem with SM's date format, not my pc's.


Whoosh.

[Edited on 18-8-2019 by j_sum1]

fusso - 18-8-2019 at 07:23

Sigh. Is there noone that knows how to fix the SM date format settings?:(

wg48temp9 - 18-8-2019 at 08:41

Quote: Originally posted by fusso  
Sigh. Is there noone that knows how to fix the SM date format settings?:(


Ok so now I think know what your talking about. If your referring to the user control panel setting/profile edit/ Edit Profile/Date Format (mm/dd/yyyy, dd-mm-yy, etc): I tried changing my settings and it had no effect on any dates that I could see and I was able to change in it back. So sorry I am not able to help you.

In the forum some members only visit every few day or more so you may have to wait several days for a knowledgeable member to read your request and respond to it.

WGTR - 18-8-2019 at 14:45

Fusso, try yy-m-d instead. It seems to work for me. It displays “19-mm-dd” this way.

[Edited on 19-08-18 by WGTR]

Felis Corax - 19-8-2019 at 09:28

I was having this same problem and, being mildly oblivious, had never even noticed it! For whatever back asswards reason "m" includes the leading zero for single digit values, "mm" does not. I'm not sure if the same applies to "d" and "dd", I'll find out next month when we have single digit values for the day.

[Edited on 2019-08-19 by Felis Corax]

fusso - 19-8-2019 at 09:40

Thanks for all your inputs. I tried yy-m-d and yymd and they do display the leading 0s. Don't know why they didn't previously. Maybe just due to Mandela effect:o

[Edited on 190819 by fusso]