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Why Did Godaddy Make This Change? Does Anyone Know

by Jon Tees
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They needlessly changed their expiration date formatting. Now instead of a domain set to expire on April 1st 2014 the date will look more like this 01/04/14 (looks like January doesn't it?) so what sense did it make to change the formatting from month-day-year to day-month-year?
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  • Profile picture of the author davidmac00
    Originally Posted by Jon Tees View Post

    They needlessly changed their expiration date formatting. Now instead of a domain set to expire on April 1st 2014 the date will look more like this 01/04/14 (looks like January doesn't it?) so what sense did it make to change the formatting from month-day-year to day-month-year?
    Must be an April fool...
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  • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
    Originally Posted by Jon Tees View Post

    They needlessly changed their expiration date formatting. Now instead of a domain set to expire on April 1st 2014 the date will look more like this 01/04/14 (looks like January doesn't it?) so what sense did it make to change the formatting from month-day-year to day-month-year?
    It could be to come in line with most of the rest of the world who format their dates more logically using the worldwide Standard Gregorian Format: DAY/MONTH/YEAR. I imagine GoDaddy have many thousands, possibly millions of clients worldwide.

    You may find this graphic useful:

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  • Profile picture of the author Klemen Znidar
    That's how we format it here in Europe. Anyways I never use godaddy anymore. Namecheap is just so much better (:
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    • Profile picture of the author evilclown
      Originally Posted by Klemen Znidar View Post

      That's how we format it here in Europe. Anyways I never use godaddy anymore. Namecheap is just so much better (:
      But you can do GoDaddy for 99 cents or max 2 dollars then transfer over to namecheap and get a free private registration.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sam Woods
    I actually prefer it like that - most use dd/mm/yy in UK. I can see how it's a strange change though
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  • Profile picture of the author imsirigiri
    As the members above have said, most of the countries in the world use DD/MM/YYYY to represent the dates. Many a time people get confused with the MM/DD/YYYY representation until and unless the days roll off to more than 12.

    And yeah, GoDaddy had always been a NoDaddy to me. NameCheap is better. Well, that was an unnecessary advice.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Tees
    I thought about transferring to another provider a while back, not sure why I didn’t. But what happened was I lost a domain without explanation. I went to check and update the site and ended up on a search page, running a search on Godaddy I found that the name was available, and this was news to me as I don’t remember canceling or selling it. I bought it back and the problem seems to be solved, but I honestly don’t remember canceling or deleting the domain or doing anything that would result in the domain becoming available. In fact, I distinctly remember paying the renewal cost to keep it a short time earlier.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve B
      Originally Posted by Jon Tees View Post

      I lost a domain without explanation

      Jon,

      Let's be sensible . . . you have to be responsible for your own domains. If you didn't renew on time that's not Godaddy's fault. They don't want your domains they want your renewal fees.

      I have been with Godaddy since 1998 and they always send me numerous renewal alerts prior to a domain expiring.

      If you don't keep track of your own domains it's not Godaddy's fault.

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author Janice Sperry
    Smart companies with international audiences/customers never format with just numerical digits. They always spell out the month - April 1, 2014. This way even Canadians can understand it; which according to Annie's chart use three different formats.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dani78
      I personally just buy the domain,
      formatting the date is not an issue
      I believe.
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnTheJock
        The United States is the only country that puts the month before the day, everyone else puts the day first.
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        • Profile picture of the author SteveSki
          Originally Posted by JohnTheJock View Post

          The United States is the only country that puts the month before the day, everyone else puts the day first.
          That's true but American's couldn't even learn the metric system so they gave up trying to teach an old dog new tricks. And I'm an American living in Australia so I know how hard it is to switch to a better system. Godaddy needs to spell out the month to keep from confusing us Yanks.

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          • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
            This reply is a bit late - but just made an order and noticed a change. Looked at my browser and the address was godaddy canada???

            Had used a coupon, so perhaps that kicked me to where it could be accepted.

            Anyway, was able to kick back to america and formatting is back to good.
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        • Profile picture of the author ED1190
          Originally Posted by JohnTheJock View Post

          The United States is the only country that puts the month before the day, everyone else puts the day first.
          Lol, that's cause the USA has some sort of weird complex when it comes to stuff like that.
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  • Profile picture of the author extrememan
    I have no idea. GoDaddy do alot of changes almost daily.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matthew Trujillo
    Why fix something if it's not broke? Why change something if it was causing no problems before?
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  • Profile picture of the author Delboy Trotter
    this is the format in europe, but hey it doesn't matter, just check a domain age tool
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  • Profile picture of the author jmh777
    To get a chance to steal your money. They are thieves.
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  • Profile picture of the author TexasSteve
    America is the only place in the world that formats dates like that.

    What sense does it make to have the format month/date/year?

    GoDaddy is making their website best for the average user...and the average user isn't in the US.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThousandDollarDays
      Lot of chatter here about international date formats, but to answer the OP's question: if you ever find Godaddy giving you awkward date formats for domain expiration dates in your account, that means you probably followed a link from one of their regional sites that uses a different date format (like Canada). GD then cookies you and thinks you're from that region. To un-do the mixup, go into your browser and clear your cookies for Godaddy.
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