Subj : OXP: mixed date format at listing
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Fri Jan 21 2022 14:36:00

Hello August!

*** Friday 21.01.22 at 14:25:00, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 MF>> Here's his reply .....

 MF>> ---------- 8< ----------
 MF>> The format DD.MM is used if the message was creatd in the last 12
 MF>> months. Otherwise the format MM/YY is used.

 MF>> The weird sorting in the list results of the fact that messages aren't
 MF>> sorted by creation date, but by receive date.

 MF>> So the message created on 2021-02-13 "Rodrigo Pelaez Fernando Toledo Re:
 MF>> Listado de BBS Lat!" was received before the message created in Jan.2021
 MF>> "Flavio Bessa Fernando Toledo  Daily Nodelist proceusú".

 MF>> But anyway, i'll have a look at it to see what could be done.
 MF>> ---------- 8< ----------


 AA> I suspected that's what was happening all along. Personally, I
 AA> like the mixed use of DD.MM and MM/YY   It clearly helps to
 AA> eyeball the messages that are clearly older than 12 months.

Well yes, there is that about it but it still tends to confuse me occasionally, must be my age 8-/

Regards,
Martin

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