Talk:25th meridian west from Washington

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Date format[edit]

I wonder why the dates in the 25th meridian west from Washington article look so awkward. Anyway, that is my opinion; maybe someone else likes them.

The dates look approximately like this:

On 1861-01-29...

In stead of something like

"On January 29, 1861..." or "In 1861, on January 29..."

I was going to change these dates to something like "January 29 1861", but I hesitate. The dates have probably been styled that way for some specific purpose that I do not yet understand. I guess that is has something to do with reader's date formatting preference. Can somebody answer these questions:

Am I the only person that finds those dates look awkward?
Is it okay if I edit them?

Johan Lont 10:00, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

These dates are automatically displayed in each user's preferred date and time format. Please change your preferred date format in the "my preferences" display. Thanks, --Buaidh 13:00, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your advice, but I prefer to stick to the default formatting. At least I will be able to see what my edits look like to the ocasional user. I also got some informative replies on my question at the Help desk. However, I will not edit the dates in this article. Johan Lont 14:27, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]