# Short date format on old posts: YYYY vs 'YY

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/short-date-format-on-old-posts-yyyy-vs-yy/295184>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [February 13, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/short-date-format-on-old-posts-yyyy-vs-yy/295184 "2024-02-13T10:51:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/short-date-format-on-old-posts-yyyy-vs-yy/295184/7 "2024-02-13T15:17:50Z")

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This feedback hasn’t really changed over the years, and I don’t see any harm in trying it out… so I’ve opened a PR to change this default

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/25661](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/25661)

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