In our latest release we addressed one of the top user requests, giving TripIt travelers the option to view dates in a format other than the U.S.-centric mm/dd/yyyy. While we can’t defend the U.S. decision to be different, we thank our many non-U.S. travelers for their patience and hope they will enjoy TripIt with the date format of their choice.
Here are some additional international viewing options available in TripIt:
- Time on either a 12 or a 24 hour clock.
- Distance in either miles or kilometers
- Temperature in either Celsius or Fahrenheit.
All of the above settings can be changed from the My Account page.
-Scott
Sigh... While I thank you for doing *something* about the date format, imho you've done the *wrong* thing. The problem with formats like mm/dd/yyyy is not just regional preference - it's ambiguity. When I get email or a confirmation with a date of 3/4/2008, it is completely useless because it's ambiguous, not because I happen to prefer one format or another. So I have to use various heuristics to come up with the best guess, or if it really matters, then I have to verify the date using some external means.
The *right and proper* way to do this is to use the ISO8601 format yyyy-mm-dd and preferably only that format. At the very least, give your users the option to do it right.
There's a good presentation of ISO 8601 at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
Posted by: Tony H | February 26, 2008 at 07:52 AM
How about also adding a "first day of the week" option? I'm used to it being Monday, not Sunday, and some countries have Saturday as the first day of the week...
Also, +1 on the possibility of using ISO8601 date formats
Posted by: Moof | February 29, 2008 at 04:24 AM