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copied!<p>Give me a calendar to select the date with a mouse. And let me type the date in with the keyboard. Accept as many formats as possible. If I need to enter December 21, 2012, let me use:</p> <ul> <li>Dec 21 2012</li> <li>21DEC2012</li> <li>December 21 2012</li> <li>12/21/2012 (or 21/12/2012, pick one, perhaps depending on what country I'm using the software in)</li> <li>12212012 (same parenthetical fragment as above)</li> <li>Etc.</li> </ul> <p>Whatever you decide to do to solve the localization issue, make sure it's obvious what you expect. Give me an example, or a template with <code>MMDDYYYY</code> that I can type over.</p> <p>Please don't give me pull-down boxes where I have to scroll, especially through years. If I'm old, and I'm entering my DOB, I don't have enough time left in my life to scroll down to the bottom of your pull-down box. Pull-down boxes are a good pattern to use when I don't know what the options are, but if it's something I'm very familiar with, like my birth date, then pull-down menus are a hassle.</p> <p>Now, WRT time inputs (Big pet peeve), don't assume that I meant 3 am. If I enter 3 for the time, assume I meant 3 pm. Make me do extra work to schedule something at 3 am. If you're uncomfortable with assuming that much on my behalf, at least alert me that I've scheduled something for 3 am so I can fix it now instead of later when someone on my event invitation list emails and says "You moron, you scheduled our D&D Meetup for 3 am!"</p>

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