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3 years ago Team's Response
It's clearly stated in our UG that the the Application Deadline should be in YYYY-MM-DD format, and it's converted to MMM d YYYY format in the Ui display. Therefore, to reproduce the Ui display of Dec 29 1800 in the Deadline field, the user needs to specify the deadline as 1800-12-29 which doesn't make sense at all. As long as the user follows the format specified in the UG to enter the date, there shouldn't be any misconceptions.
In addition, if the user really wants to argue, he can even say Dec 29 2021 may be misunderstood as 20:21 of the date Dec 29... Indeed, the MMM d YYYY format of date display is quite common and is supposed to be understood by all users.
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- [x] I disagree
Reason for disagreement: Beyond any misconceptions users have with deadlines and interview times, it is a very obvious bug to allow for deadlines set in the 1800s to be added. Once again, the point has been dodged by the team.
This is a very clear functionality bug. You should not be able to add deadlines set in the 1800s or 1900s.
As such, I disagree with the team's response.
Old dates like year 1800 are accepted. It is very conceivable that user might submit the hours (1800 is 6pm) instead of the year, and this might cause misconception for the user that their entry has been correctly registered.
More than just cosmetic, so low severity.