If a website is localised are users always going to understand that D = Day, M = Month even though these abbreviations are English abbreviations ? (global site, joe public users )
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no, users from a non-English speaking country might not know what MM/DD/YYYY means. – Chairman Meow Mar 23 '20 at 15:34
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@ChairmanMeow Do you have any further advice or suggested solutions for non-English localisations? This looks like a good start to an answer. – maxathousand Mar 23 '20 at 15:40
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Related: DD/MM/YYYY - do people know what that means? – O. R. Mapper Mar 23 '20 at 16:16
An option to make this semantically clear would be to render a sample/ example near the date format selector. [day/month/ year : 06/04/2020] or [day/month/ year: 06/04/20] etc.
You can always use a calendar or select the day, month and year separately to avoid confusion.
answered Oct 24 '20 at 12:51
