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Please return to the old date format of month/day/year. Thanks

Please return to the old date format of month/day/year. Thanks.

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Robert Doughty shared this idea  ·   ·  Report…  ·  Admin →
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The option to change the Date format in your mailbox is now available.

Here are the steps to change the Date format:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold and sign in.
2. Click on the ‘Settings’ icon on the toolbar.
3. Go to the ‘Mail’ category on the left.
4. Next to ‘Date Style’ select one of the options below.
Date Only (Month/Day/Year)
Show time for mail received today
5. Changes are saved automatically, so you can close the Settings window.

In case you do not see the ‘Date Style’ option, you will need to update the AOL Desktop Gold to the latest revision. To do that, click on the Help menu on the top, select ‘Check for Updates’, and after 10-15 minutes close and re-open the software.

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  • Upset by AOL commented  ·   ·  Report

    terrible way to display dates, can hardly wrap my head around what I am seeing. This might be the deal breaker :(

  • Pam M. commented  ·   ·  Report

    All of a sudden, email dates are displaying as Time (for today's email), Yesterday (for yesterdays) and then Month Day Day of week (APR 10 Mon) instead of Month/Day/Year! This is HORRIBLE and needs to go back to the old way!

  • Mari Dots commented  ·   ·  Report

    I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHANGE IN EMAIL LISTINGS. EACH EMAIL HAS A TIME INSTEAD OF THE DATE LIKE ALWAYS IN THE PAST. THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR AOL? THIS TAKES PRIORITY STATUS OVER FIXING OTHER MAJOR ISSUES? WHY IS THIS? HOW ABOUT FIXING THE SPAM ISSUE? HOW ABOUT GIVING US BACK CHOICES FOR BACKGROUNDS AND FONTS? BUT INSTEAD YOU FOCUS ON PUTTING TIME RECEIVED IN OUR MAIL BOXES? WTF AOL? WHEN DO YOU EVER LISTEN TO YOUR SUBSCRIBERS?

  • Claire commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please do not force this new email marking on those who do not want it. Make it optional. You are not making our use easier.
    AOL Gold has caused havoc on many issues. One day all my emails totally disappeared I had to call tech support and it took them a long time to locate the files and restore them GOLD is NOT an
    improvement I may seriously consider a change to gmail.

  • Kari Hadley commented  ·   ·  Report

    Put the date display in the mail screen back the way it was! I don't want to see time, I don't want to see "yesterday", I don't want to see "Mar 29 Friday", I just want to see "4/3"! Quit messing with thing!

  • dlswpfl dlswpfl commented  ·   ·  Report

    Boo hiss! I hate this new email dating system, go back to month/day/year. This was totally unnecessary when so many other email issues continue to go unfixed.

  • BOB KRAMPETZ commented  ·   ·  Report

    When sorted, the TIME causes emails to be ordered by DATE & TIME... so showing time with no date is confusing and unneeded.. Also "yesterday" confuses even more... & don't need Day of Week!!

    JUST DATE ONLY PLEASE

    Don't fix what's not broken

  • Donna Burgoyne commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree 100%. Go back to the old format of date we received the emails, not the time!!

  • Elaine commented  ·   ·  Report

    time appears instead of date, i would rather have the date to appear when i receive an email

  • Arthur Kennedy commented  ·   ·  Report

    please put back to old format for date, not time or yesterday instead of the date. New format is not needed!!

  • Debra Barrett commented  ·   ·  Report

    this new version is already giving problems.............i have been with you over 22 years,why again does AOL HAVE ISSUES/
    get rid of the times and place with dates on all my old and new emails.this is ridiculous and outrageous..im really disgusted if i leave you know why!

  • Debra Barrett commented  ·   ·  Report

    all i get are times near my emails not dates i want dates now this is my second request.....it will be my last!

  • Debra Barrett commented  ·   ·  Report

    the dates on my emails are show times and the word yesterday for at least the the top 25-30 no dates
    i must leave aol after 22 years if u cannot fix aol gold
    its terrible.i think its time to leave , this update started april 1st and on the sedcond i already have tech problems

  • Debra Barrett commented  ·   ·  Report

    the dates do not show up only the times of the day or yesterday are showing up.im with aol 22 years i have never seen such poor service in my life

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I didn't likehow the mail settings for the date that is hown in the email; I would prefer to use the actual date and the time the email has been received rather than showing "Yesterday" make it real time when it comes to date

  • BOB KRAMPETZ commented  ·   ·  Report

    ... instead I'm seeing times on currrent emasil and the word 'yesterday' on those from yesterday!! ... I prefer seeing the date on all..

  • LINDA YOUNG commented  ·   ·  Report

    Go back to email inbox just registering date/month/year, instead of this dreadfully confusing change:

    In a message dated 4/2/2019 6:23:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, tester.desktop11@aol.com writes:This has changed with this newly released update of the client.It will only show the time for mail today. If the mail is from a previous day with will show things like "Yesterday" for yesterday, and the Month, day, and Day for up to a week old mail, then Month and day for mail from this year.

    AOL GOLD ONLY MAKES CHANGES THAT MAKE THINGS LESS USER FRIENDLY AND MORE DIFFICULT & CONFUSING. DATE/MONTH/YEAR WERE PERFECT. YOU GET THE TIME WHEN YOU OPEN THE EMAIL. GO BACK TO THE OLD SYSTEM!

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