# Displaying dates of posts - mixed formats make it hard to read

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-dates-of-posts-mixed-formats-make-it-hard-to-read/32659
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [8월 28, 2015, 6:18오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-dates-of-posts-mixed-formats-make-it-hard-to-read/32659 "2015-08-28T18:18:57Z")
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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [8월 28, 2015, 6:22오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/displaying-dates-of-posts-mixed-formats-make-it-hard-to-read/32659/2 "2015-08-28T18:22:15Z")

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> [@Change to DD Mmm / Mmm 'YY for post dates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-to-dd-mmm-mmm-yy-for-post-dates/13625):
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> Quick! Which of these two is older? [image] [image] Errr… Oh! The one with the apostrophe! Took you a second, didn’t it? I took an impromptu poll on IRC to confirm this: \<ii\> riking\_: it doesnt say if its feb 2013 or 13th of feb etc \<ii\> the '13 would suggest 2013 tho (after getting it wrong) \<culex\> I thought Feb didn'th ave the apostrophe \<Malqua\> no \<Malqua\> it was definitely jan ??, 13 I think that the date formats, even for English, should be changed to DD Mmm (so 13 Jan) and Mmm '…

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