A dumb question

[NeoN]

This may sounds like a dumb question,or perhaps was asked before ,or perhaps is a technical difficulty, but is'nt it better if every post for example had a date and time .
That way a newcomer like me
would know when it was posted,and how old the thread is.!!
Or is it case of [ Can't see the forest for the trees]...!
Thanks
NeoN

[HappyFotographer]

Each post made on a thread has the date and time posted right above it.

Cheers
Deb

[stubbsy]

Neon

These details do show.

eg your details are:
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject: A dumb question

This appears in each message just below the message heading (on the same line as the quote button)

[gstark]

It's a very rare situation indeed when you will see me agree with the original poster's statement that what they're asking is, indeed, a dumb question.

[boxerboy]

It's a very rare situation indeed when you will see me agree with the original poster's statement that what they're asking is, indeed, a dumb question.

Who said that!? .. and when?

[Manta]

There appear to be some mighty big trees in that forest of yours, Neon.

[gstark]

It's a very rare situation indeed when you will see me agree with the original poster's statement that what they're asking is, indeed, a dumb question.

Who said that!? .. and when?

Check the message subject ...

[NeoN]

THANKS for the instructions boys,and your total agreement with me Gary,
BUT on my screen the only date that shows is the date I joined,Which is 01-02-05 ,and that is on every post ,every page,maybe
I'm going blind or there is something wrong in the system, but the simple answer is I do not have any dates or times on my screen

maybe I should change my name
and hid behind a tree.help

Neon

[Glen]

Neon, we are not talking under your name, we are talking above the T of your Thanks and red face in your post above. Is there a thin line with above it a page then Posted: etc, etc ? Or maybe something is faulty?

[stubbsy]

Neon

Look at the image below and compare it to your screen. See the bit I've circled in red

[Manta]

You can't be more helpful than that Peter - very resourceful.

Hopefully NeoN's got an easily fixed technobug.

[Glen]

Stubbsy, that made it very clear

[stubbsy]

Manta, Glen

I used to work 1/2 day a week in user support at the Tax Office

(before you ask the other 4.5 days I was programming and managing part of the IT area)

[NeoN]

Thanks Glen
On the space you indicated, the only thing written there is as followes;

Posted ; 01 -02-05 Post subject A dumb question

Stubbsy
Thanks for showing me how the screen should appear,which mine dos'nt
That makes me feel less dumb now.

Thanks Neon

[Manta]

Manta, Glen

I used to work 1/2 day a week in user support at the Tax Office

(before you ask the other 4.5 days I was programming and managing part of the IT area)

GAWD Peter! You'd be an expert in addressing 'dumb questions'!!

No offence NeoN - I know we seem to be having a go at you but we are genuinely concerned that you seem to have a problem. Did Stubbsy's image help?

Simon.

[NeoN]

No offence taken Simon in fact humour is in my nature.
The image that Stubbsy sent is self explanatory and I'm grateful to him.
Unfortunately the problem still exists, and I 'm wondering where the problem lies.

NeoN

[Manta]

I'm afraid I can't throw any light on it NeoN (unintentional pun) but I'm sure Gary (gstark) or Leigh (Nnnnsic) can probably help with site related problems like this.

[johndec]

It may be a date format setting in Windoze or IE that needs to be adjusted

[Glen]

Neon have you checked the date format under "profile" at the top of the page?

[gstark]

Neon,

Thanks Glen
On the space you indicated, the only thing written there is as followes;

Posted ; 01 -02-05 Post subject A dumb question

That looks to me as if it is showing the correct information, although the formatting may not be correct.

Go into your profile, and set the date format to

d M Y h:i a


Just copy and past this in, exactly as I've typed it.

Then tell us what it looks like.

If it's still not right, please let us know, but also if you can post a screen capture, that would help.

[NeoN]

Hi Glen ,
I just checked the date format, and the date printed is 01-02-05 !!! tha'ts the date I put when I joined ,!!!Maybe tha'ts where the answer lies??

Cheers
NeoN

[gstark]

I just checked the date format, and the date printed is 01-02-05 !!! tha'ts the date I put when I joined ,!!!Maybe tha'ts where the answer lies??

That would be it.

Change it to the valifd formatting characters that I've given you, and you should be right.

What it's doing now is formatting the date as per the literal format you've provided. The system is working correctly, believe it or not.

And in the end, it wasn't the question that was dumb after all.

[boxerboy]

And now we all feel dumb for taking the mickey ... sorry

[NeoN]

I followed your instructions , and went to the date format, and done exactly what you said Gary, and guess what !!!!!!!!

SUCCESS

Now I can see what day and time is

Thank you everybody Glen!! Gary!!.

Cheers
NeoN

[Glen]

Congrats. Just proves Gary's theory, there is no such thing as a dumb question

[gstark]

Neon,

Always glad to help.