Small Suggestion for the Developer

[elliotwatson17]

So far really enjoying this game, but one thing that really confuses me is the use of American dates, for example: 01/02/1970 this is 2nd January, which is fair for Americans, but as a British dude, this really throws me off as I read it as 1st February.

if there is any chance, can you give us the option to switch to DD/MM/YYYY instead of MM/DD/YYYY

Please?

[Cooperal]

As another british dude, you are going to see this plenty of times in life. Just get used to it. It makes sense for the games setting anyway.

[ViperDC]

Odd that they use European-style floor numbering (Ground floor is followed by 1st floor), but American-style dates.

##/##/#### formatting will always be confusing, people should avoid it entirely. dd-mmm-yyyy is my personal preference.

[Isabelle]

There's a lot of format mixing that really confuses me. Im pretty dyslexic so using military time is AWFUL

I think the dev might be australian???? thats my only guess. i dont actually know and thats not at all a statement of fact

[Illusia]

Yea I'm amused the floor system is in the (european?) style while the dates aren't. Hope we get the option to change our watch to standard time because military time is awkward. I have a general understanding of it but trying to 'understand' time quickly with it is not a strength I have.

[Isabelle]

Originally posted by Istyrn:

Yea I'm amused the floor system is in the (european?) style while the dates aren't. Hope we get the option to change our watch to standard time because military time is awkward. I have a general understanding of it but trying to 'understand' time quickly with it is not a strength I have.

the military time thing is, no joke, one of the worst things for me in the game. i have such a hard time with the 24 hour clock that I just straight-up dont know what time it is, ever.

[Illusia]

Originally posted by Isabelle:

Originally posted by Istyrn:

Yea I'm amused the floor system is in the (european?) style while the dates aren't. Hope we get the option to change our watch to standard time because military time is awkward. I have a general understanding of it but trying to 'understand' time quickly with it is not a strength I have.

the military time thing is, no joke, one of the worst things for me in the game. i have such a hard time with the 24 hour clock that I just straight-up dont know what time it is, ever.

You probably know how its suppose to work already but I can't help but at least try even if it might be for naught~ 1-12:59 are pretty standard, thats AM time. Everything 13 to 24 is pm time, 13 being 1pm and 24 being 12pm. So what I do is I read twelve (if it says its after 12) and then count how many more it is than 12 (Not including minutes), and that'l get you the current hour in pm.

[Sylverone]

Originally posted by Istyrn:

You probably know how its suppose to work already but I can't help but at least try even if it might be for naught~ 1-12:59 are pretty standard, thats AM time. Everything 13 to 24 is pm time, 13 being 1pm and 24 being 12pm. So what I do is I read twelve (if it says its after 12) and then count how many more it is than 12 (Not including minutes), and that'l get you the current hour in pm.

Ooh, I'll jump on this bandwagon.

The thing that really broke open 24-hour time for me when I had to use it for work was realizing I could just subtract 2 and it became obvious (easier than telling myself I need to subtract 12):

13:00 - 2 = 11, ends in 1 = 1PM

18:00 - 2 = 16, ends in 6 = 6PM

20:00 - 2 = 18, ends in 8 = 8PM

23:00 - 2 = 21, 20-number ends in 1 = 11PM

24:00 - 2 = 22, 20-number ends in 2 = 12AM midnight, new day

Dunno if that will help anyone but but me, but for some reason this sort of reasoning was what it took for me to very quickly be able to glance and translate the time.

Of course counting back 2 and subtracting 10 is about as easy, whatever works for the particular noggin in question. :)

[elliotwatson17]

Originally posted by Cooperal:

As another british dude, you are going to see this plenty of times in life. Just get used to it. It makes sense for the games setting anyway.

I see alot in life, and it is still annoying. Hard to get used to when every date I have to double check, just wanted to suggest it. I will even mod it in if tools are available

[elliotwatson17]

Originally posted by Isabelle:

Originally posted by Istyrn:

Yea I'm amused the floor system is in the (european?) style while the dates aren't. Hope we get the option to change our watch to standard time because military time is awkward. I have a general understanding of it but trying to 'understand' time quickly with it is not a strength I have.

the military time thing is, no joke, one of the worst things for me in the game. i have such a hard time with the 24 hour clock that I just straight-up dont know what time it is, ever.

I am fortunate enough to glance at it and know what time it is, but I didnt realise people had issues with the time, fair enough.