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Display consistent time format across site

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Derek

Derek Report 18 May 2011 16:29

tp genesreunited..can you please get your clock sorted?? at the moment it is a mess.........04.16 to me,and to alot of our International friends ia AM not PM..in the same way as 12.45pm is early afternoon not midnight.
Would you please use either the 12 hour clock..ie.4.30pm..or the 24 hour clock 1630....not a meaningless mishmash of both............

Derek in Derbyshire

Researching:
anything that anybody needs in Derbyshire /Notts?East Yorkshire.....but mainly Derbys

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 18 May 2011 17:39

I'm glad you said that Derek, it is so confusing to see 0415, and the PM is on the second line on my computer so I am thinking 0415, early morning? The 24 hour clock would be better.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 18 May 2011 17:59

Strange that! At the moment it looks as though on the individual posts it is 24 hour but on the listing it is still 0559.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Joy

Joy Report 18 May 2011 18:29

If the site would enable hyperlinks as was suggested some while ago, this would take you straight to my topic about the inconsistency of the times - http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/suggestions/thread/1267998 *

I seriously wonder if the suggestions board is worth its existence.


* On 11 May I posted
Please correct / correlate the timing of posts.
For instance, I posted on 6 May in a thread, and it shows as:
last post: 6 May 2011 07:54 PM
but , on entering the thread and looking at the last post, the time then shows as
6 May 2011 19:54.

Thank you.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 18 May 2011 21:14

Time is showing in two different ways


as 12 hour clock on the thread listings on the boards


BUT


24 hour clock on postings within a thread



it's to keep us on our toes!

:)))))


sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

philmoir

philmoir Report 1 Jun 2011 13:13

The different format of time displayed across the site has been noted and will be actioned soon.

Thanks for pointing out the inconsistency.
regards Phil - Genes developer

PS I updated the title to make it a bit clearer

Researching:
I am the former lead developer for the Genes Reunited website team and the former lead developer of the Findmypast Tree team. I do not work for this company anymore. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions. My research areas of interest are East London, North-West Cumbria, North-East Scotland and Edinburgh.

TootyFruity

TootyFruity Report 1 Jun 2011 13:25

Hi Phil

Thank you for your feedback, it is very much appreciated.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Jun 2011 18:55

Thank you, Phil!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Joy

Joy Report 1 Jun 2011 18:58


http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/suggestions/thread/1267998
in which Phil posted what will be done.

Joy

Joy Report 19 Feb 2013 16:14


http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/suggestions/thread/1267998


seems to have gone.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 19 Feb 2013 19:02

We had exactly the same issue at work with our systems displaying different date time formats and whilst, in an ideal world, it would be very nice to standardise the format, in practice given the development effort to do this retrospectively across an entire database application may not be cost effective.

In the end we settled for a directive to programmers to ensure that whenever they were developing or amending programs they ensured that all dtfs were upgraded to the house standard, otherwise unless there was a proven business risk, they remained as they were.