What is meta? ×  Stack overflow asks for a input of YYYY/MM/DD,
but it does not take my date, for example 1982/11/21 will get an
error message asking for a YYYY/MM/DD input. I do not really
care but it does look stupid :D.  share|improve this question
where does it ask for this ? –  ʞunɥdɐpɐɥd Dec 24 '12 at 16:37
Check for trailing white-space, it accepts 1982/11/21 for me. – 
NominSim Dec 24 '12 at 17:09 @PhaDaPhunk OP: "Profile date
input." –  NominSim Dec 24 '12 at 17:10 It does not accept
"1982/11/21" for me. Copied that just before saving without the
" –  Menno Gouw Dec 25 '12 at 7:45 I tried with FF17 and Opera
12 btw –  Menno Gouw Dec 25 '12 at 7:53 I had no issues
copy/pasting your date in there, are your sure you typed it
correctly? This hasn't changed in a very long time, and this is
the only report I've come across of it not working. –  Nick
Craver Dec 25 '12 at 10:52  1 Answer 1  up vote 1 down vote
accepted  As stated up above the date format you entered is
valid. The only way the site wouldn't a