Stop Enforcing Date Format! It’s 2023!

<p>Today I&rsquo;ve stumbled upon a&nbsp;post&nbsp;by Mark Wyner, a very talented user experience expert.</p> <p>As he writes:</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*tQszWR5VowtgWXzOFUtf7Q.jpeg" style="height:190px; width:700px" /></p> <p>To support the idea he provides an illustration that looks like this:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As you can see on the left, the required format of date is provided as a placeholder. Once you start to type the date, the hint dissapears.</p> <p>On the right side you see an improved version where the date format requirement is provided above the input.</p> <p>That way it doesn&rsquo;t dissapear. He goes to outline a number of reasons why it&rsquo;s better.</p> <p>I agree 100% with him on this. To go further I&rsquo;d put it under the input or in a separate line above because the main text may have different lengths (and directions) based on the language.</p> <p>This is only an example just to show&nbsp;requirements should be visible whole time.</p> <p><a href="https://tomaszs2.medium.com/stop-enforcing-date-format-its-2023-3af3c9266790">Read More</a></p>