# Year format on abbreviated post dates not clear

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/year-format-on-abbreviated-post-dates-not-clear/29198>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [May 24, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/year-format-on-abbreviated-post-dates-not-clear/29198 "2015-05-24T17:21:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![kensims](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@kensims](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kensims)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/year-format-on-abbreviated-post-dates-not-clear/29198/2 "2015-05-24T18:22:07Z")

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Additionally, for the ones that are the day of the month, perhaps add st/nd/rd/th after the number to make it more obvious that that number is **_not_** a year.

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