Entry representing a particular day or a range/group of days.
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Which date format to use?
In an application when you are showing a date to someone (and you don't know their preferred format), what date format should you use? USA or Rest-of-the-world?
For reference if anyone is not ...
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Best way to display numerous dates on a data form?
I've got the task of finding a way to display numerous (10) dates on a data entry form. They pertain to the dates that certain paperwork was received, acknowledged, evaluated, etc.
All the dates are ...
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Better way to show the calendars
I'm working on a single report page for a web app. I need to show how to filter the displayed data it be per day (diary) or between two dates (weekly).
When the user select diary (Diario), it shows a ...
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Pros/Cons of date- and datetimepickers [closed]
What pros and cons do you experience when using datepickers in web forms or software?
What do you think is missing sometimes?
What bugs you when using a datepicker?
I want to know, either from ...
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Date picker button placement: inside or outside the right bounds?
Which of these is a better approach for placement of the date picker button:
Having the button outside the right bounds of the other textboxes:
Or having the picker inside:
I'm also thinking of ...
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When Users Select a Ship Date During Holiday
In a shopping cart where a user can select their preferred ship date, how would you alert them when a date is a holiday or weekend? Would you use processing to not allow it? Add an alert that it would ...
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Formatting relative dates and times
First, when I talk about relative times (or would dates be more accurate?), I mean these 4 minutes ago, 1 hour ago, etc.
When should they be used? With what degree of precision? Shouldn't it be the ...
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What is the best way to display date validation errors?
I am performing date validation on several forms. This validation includes making sure a date does not fall on a weekend, does not fall on a major holiday, is at least 3 business days from the current ...
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Date picker subtleties: Input year by using numeric keys
We are developing a date picker and have run into a problem related to interpretation of user input.
Suppose you have a date picker as the one in the picture below and the user is to change the year ...
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1answer
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Data Visualisation For Scheduling
What is the best method for defining a scheduler visualisation (and editor)? Basically I think I am looking for something similar to a Gantt chart (not quite the same) where I have a start and end ...
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1answer
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Comparing data with two sets of dates
Has anyone seen an interface that allows users to select two different sets of dates to compare data? And then the corresponding data in tables and/or graph form?
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How do I force the user to select a date on iOS?
When creating a new entity in an iPad application one of the mandatory properties is a deliver date. There is no way to predict this deliver date. Choosing the wrong deliver date leads to all kinds of ...
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What is the fastest UI to enter a date within the last 30 days?
My sales reps have a long list (200+) of their accounts and they need to enter the last date they visited each account. Most of the time this date will be within the last 30 days. What's the fastest ...
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2answers
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Dealing with Effective Dates in an Administrative Application
When dealing with Insurance based information, we often need to implement the use of Effective Dates on most of our data. There are numerous reasons for this that I won't get into, needless to say ...
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Unambiguous way to display timezone information in a compact manner
When displaying a listing of events, each with their own date, time, and timezone, I'd like to present the timezone that the given event has been assigned. However, there is potentially a lot of ...
