Date display

MMDDYYYY is NOT logical. Either one goes from the large to the small, i.e. YYYYMMDD or vice versa, i.e. DDMMYYYY

You do realize that, logic or not, MM/DD/YYYY is the de facto standard for dates in the US, right? And based on the OP's email address, he's in the US.

Quicken uses the same date format you have set for Windows: Control Panel > Regional and Language Options.

Right on ! Thanks John.

oOPS

I seem to remember that it was DD MM YYYY if one used numbers but if one were writing a formal letter is was Month dd, yyyy. I don't know when the illogical format started.

I use this format when writing. Today is 25 February 2007. Perfectly logical and no messy commas.

Most USA folks would say and write it as February 25, 2007.

Understood. However, in the course of my accounting work, when I see

01/02/03, what the HELL is it? Is it February 1, 2003? Is it January 2, 2003? Is it March 2, 2001 or is it Feb. 3, 2001?

I've always seen that as January 2, 2003. All of my accounting work (Quicken, Quickbooks & Peachtree) uses some form of Month-day-year formating. So do all of my computers.

If you are in the U.S. - and provided you were not told otherwise, it would be January 2, 2003. US date format by custom is MM/DD/YYYY Oftentimes folks leave off the first two digits of the year, to MM/DD/YY.

Understood. However, in Canada, *some* people use the U.S. standard, others use the Brit/Euro standard. On a printout of prescriptions dispensed by my drugstore, it shows my birthdate using the U.S. standard, however all the prescription detail uses the Euro standard for the date dispensed.

Hell here in America we drive on the wrong side of the road, use a confusing measuring system along with a really confusing twelve hour clock. So why not use an illogical date layout system.