Date/Time Format

[cllazaro]

Mark,

I don't know if this has been brought up before but I couldn't find a topic on the messages boards or a configuration setting in the program. Is there an option to set the program date format as YYYY.MM.DD, and if not, is that feasible as a feature going forward? Also, this may be overkill but would you consider an option of time stamps as HH:MM:SS (24 hour format) for those of us (or maybe just me) who want to enter detailed transaction info?

Carlos.

[Mark]

Hi Carlos,

There isn't a date format choice for YYYY.MM.DD, only MM/DD/YY and DD/MM/YY. We can consider adding this support.

For the time, are you looking to record the time of your trade?

[cllazaro]

Mark,

Hi. Thanks for the quick reply. Yes I'm referring to the execution/trade time stamp. In the Data Register the columns could be "2014.12.31 14:31:00 COLUMN-3 COLUMN-4 etc.." with the option to have a dummy time stamp "xx:xx:xx" if the broker does not provide that information.

Carlos

[Mark]

Hi Carlos,

Okay, I understand. Thanks for the feedback/idea.

[Nisse]

I second the request for adding YYYY.MM.DD or maybe YY.MM.DD as another date format option.
Thanks

[MerrittMarkA]

I 'third' this request.

YYYY/MM/DD is the most sensible date format in use, as it alpha sorts properly, and has a "cleaner" look in columns as all data has the same length. As in February is "02", not "2".

Europeans prefer YYYY/DD/MM which (as a Euro born & raised individual) is just as stupid as the American M/D/YY, as it doesn't sort properly. But as long as you are fiddling under the hood, offering a more complete range of date support makes sense. See Excel, for example.

I use YYYY/MM/DD for everything in my life, and it drives me nuts to look at data in any other format.

Thanks!

[Mark]

I can confirm this will be available in the next major update...

[Nisse]

Great! Many thanks!