# 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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**Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/year-format-on-abbreviated-post-dates-not-clear/29198/5 "2015-05-24T20:20:24Z")

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> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> Meh, that still looks like day number to me…perhaps even more so.

@riking’s solution? If so, the first is using a format to represent day and month and a different format for month and year. I think that does make a lot of sense (two different formats). It would make the visual distinction over time a lot easier to differentiate.

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