Get rid of back-to-front dates

I've voted for this but disagree with the member's choice of wording. Nothing is screwed up, just give us the option for the North American or European date format.

Surprised this was not implemented from the start, and that it has not yet been implemented since. Availability of European and international-style dates is essential for proper use outside the US. Availability only of US date format makes the system look very parochial and stops its adoption as the web-based e-mail system of choice.

I happen to like dd mmm yy formats. I've used them for years in various situations. The advantage is that the day, being on the left, is easily discerned. If given the choice, I'd probably use that format. However, I do heartily agree with the underlying point ... it should be configurable. I would hope more options than those suggested would be available. To wit, besides mm/dd/yy, yyyy-mm-dd or dd mmm yy, add dd mmm, mmm dd, or even merely dd. With messages sorted in date order, months and years can be implied, so that data is redundant. Regardless, client choice is the mark of professional, client oriented work.

ISO YYYY/MM/DD

It is confusing using back to front dates, I've never used dates and this way before Thanks

I don't think it really matters as long as we are clear on which convention is in use

I agree with Cri de Coeur that it would be a good idea to give people the option of date format including yyyy/mm/dd, which as s/he says is useful for archiving.

Please allow the user to chose the regional date format as to do otherwise will not allow a logical sort order.
Thanks for an excellent and evolving email program.
Mike

Give us the choice!

The iso format is so much more useful once you get used to it. Please don't skip that if this gets implemented

really should be configurable
how does one know if 5/1/09 is Jan fifth or maybe May twelfth?

ISO is a nice idea but impractical as DOS doesn't use it and therefore would mean re writing file time stamps, however the logical and truly only intelligent system is DD/MM/YYYY The Day is the accepted norm as is the Hour, not year or second. Days are added together to make months and months to make years, not broken down. Hours are broken down. The ISO version is a foolish and really typical bureaucratic nonsense, almost EU quality. HH:MM:SS, DD/MM/YYYY Let's keep it simple!

The ISO ymd format is the most logical date format, especially when combined with time as hms: l-to-r getting smaller & smaller. I expect that the date & time on the e-mail header is already in this format, so using this may have a tiny processing saving.

There is so much user opinion in favour of being given the option to customise the date format (i prefer dd/mm/yy) . . . . . I cannot understand why the issue has not been addressed yet. Is there an insuperable snag in providing this facility? GMX would you like to comment?

i agree, with give me the choice

If you log in to GMX using www.gmx.co.uk (instead of www.gmx.com) your dates will all be in dd/mm/yy format.

I blame the Americans.

Just give us the choice. The rest of the site is great Thanks

Please advise how we can configure dates to the European style, which we are used to in the UK! US style gets confusing.

I agree with the sentiments (but some of the ways of expressing them aren't "helpful"). I personally would like the choice to change the date format.

Thanks

Am I missing something? I don't see any responses back to any of the postings related to this subject from GMX.
I entirely agree with Cri de Coeur. The date format should be configurable, and as it stands with its back to front mm / dd convention, it's very very annoying!

Still annoyed!!

I agree, seems to be a lack of logic so far

There is no "Next" button ,there must be a next button so we can read the next message and dont have to go back to INBOX

This also a very important idea. Here in Europe we use dd/mm/YYYY. It should be possible to change the format to europe and others..

Please yes! This would be great

Give us the choice of date format, either US or European ....Please!

Definitely agree - this is the most irritating feature on Gmx.

Yep, I agree too. Give us the option of using the date format (DD/MM/YYYY) used by almost the entire world, or keeping it in the illogical, confusing date format as used by just a relative few people in north america.

Please put onto the European format now, with an option to change if required.
Thanks.

Please put my account back onto European date format permanently.

Agree. Needs to be fixed with the option of dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy

I guess it is country customized. I am on gmx.fr and the dates are dd/mm/yyyy which is the format used in France.
ISO format as an option could be usefull.
So let us choose.