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: They're in standard YYYY-MM-DD format... :-/ Having them in text format would mean that they're no longer sortable. Thanks. [[User:Mike Peel|Mike Peel]] ([[User talk:Mike Peel|talk]]) 17:43, 15 November 2013 (UTC) | : They're in standard YYYY-MM-DD format... :-/ Having them in text format would mean that they're no longer sortable. Thanks. [[User:Mike Peel|Mike Peel]] ([[User talk:Mike Peel|talk]]) 17:43, 15 November 2013 (UTC) | ||
:: Actually dates in many formats (including 10 January 2014) are sortable - see [[w:help:sorting]]. [[user:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] (talk: [[user talk:Thryduulf|local]] | [[w:user talk:Thryduulf|en.wp]] | [[wikt:user talk:Thryduulf|en.wikt]]) 23:22, 15 November 2013 (UTC) | :: Actually dates in many formats (including 10 January 2014) are sortable - see [[w:help:sorting]]. [[user:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] (talk: [[user talk:Thryduulf|local]] | [[w:user talk:Thryduulf|en.wp]] | [[wikt:user talk:Thryduulf|en.wikt]]) 23:22, 15 November 2013 (UTC) | ||
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::Then again, perhaps it's worth considering what purpose a sortable table serves here. The content is already sorted by date, and sorting text alphabetically isn't a great navigational aid, serving only to group similar items. But it's not my table. [[User:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|Richard Nevell (WMUK)]] ([[User talk:Richard Nevell (WMUK)|talk]]) 12:29, 19 November 2013 (UTC) | |||
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Mike great work in a this but I find the date system really difficult to read. Could we have them in a system that makes it easy to read say '10th January 2014'? Thanks for your consideration. Jon Davies (WMUK) (talk) 17:35, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
- They're in standard YYYY-MM-DD format... :-/ Having them in text format would mean that they're no longer sortable. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 17:43, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
- Actually dates in many formats (including 10 January 2014) are sortable - see w:help:sorting. Thryduulf (talk: local | en.wp | en.wikt) 23:22, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
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- Then again, perhaps it's worth considering what purpose a sortable table serves here. The content is already sorted by date, and sorting text alphabetically isn't a great navigational aid, serving only to group similar items. But it's not my table. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 12:29, 19 November 2013 (UTC)