date format

Date format should be consistent, and should be formatted within RE, not based on the regional settings of the user's computer.

The date format on my system is 08-Mar-2013. In RE, the date in the gift record is 08-03-2013. Other dates such as constituent code are 08-Mar-2013. The gift date format cannot be changed.

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  • Mar 8 2013
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  • Guest commented
    March 18, 2016 01:19

    I am fairly certain the variations you are seeing are due to the differences with real dates and fuzzy dates. Constituent codes dates are fuzzy dates and allow for just a year, etc.

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  • Guest commented
    March 18, 2016 01:19

    It can be cumbersome to change back and forth and some users do not even have access to those system setting (per IT security).

    I am not sure where your variations are coming from, but I agree that the RE date based on system settings isn't always best. And it isn't just date, also the way Word will round gift amounts if you are using a mail merge from RE are based on system settings. My overall preferred format may not be my preferred format when using a certain function, so I understand where you are coming from.

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  • Guest commented
    March 18, 2016 01:19

    I am still fairly certain this has to do with Fuzzy dates vs "real" date fields.

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