Re:Designing the Perfect Date and Time Picker (2017)
by koolba on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:26PM
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No, it should respect the locale settings of your browser.
Re:Designing the Perfect Date and Time Picker (2017)
by ryanbrunner on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @06:30AM
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In the case where you have text input, wouldn't the best approach be to support both the locale settings and ISO8601? Unlike M/D/Y and D/M/Y where dates can be ambiguous, as far as I know there's no locale where a locale-specific date and ISO8601 can be mutually ambiguous.
Re:Designing the Perfect Date and Time Picker (2017)
by christopoulos on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:54AM
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Yes, I agree, and everyone (devs) should think about who they’re really trying to make things easy for.
If you simply say follow the ISO standard you’re essentially making it easy for yourself and hard for the users. Sprinkle that with a drop down day picker as in the example, and you’re really in control of what the input will be. Not much chance of faulty input, right?
However, the ISO will not be relatable for many people and the drop down is a UI nightmare.
The user will be spending much more time with the form than devs (runtime), so this of thinking should definitely be avoided (during programming time).
Imo the perfect date and time picker should respect ISO8601.