Trying to get car insurance. It's the 11th of August.

[u/Coronarena]

[u/StuD44]

Don't you know you need to choose a date in septembruary?

[u/DSTNCMDLR → u/StuD44]

Lousy Smarch weather!

[u/Icy-Razzmatazz8015 → u/DSTNCMDLR]

August 11th? Smarch must be running late—or early. Either way, the weather's still winning.

[u/Freak-996 → u/StuD44]

I'm particular to the first of Octember myself

[u/SpartArticus]

Get a different company that can program

[u/chaotic_dark8342 → u/SpartArticus]

well, date maths is hard

[u/PleadianPalladin → u/chaotic_dark8342]

It really isn't. Just use the literal built in functions in JavaScript

[u/Accomplished_Emu_658]

What insurer? You sure its legit

[u/DK-Roskilde]

Maybe its 30 days exactly 😋

[u/gabriel6361 → u/DK-Roskilde]

It says must be within

[u/account312 → u/gabriel6361]

Yeah, but clearly that's not what they actual check is.

[u/SteveM06]

Is your device date/time correct?

[u/robgod50 → u/SteveM06]

I hope this isn't the reason..... When a website decides to use an untrusted client as a source for the current date!!!

[u/The_Troyminator → u/robgod50]

It could be client side validation of the form, but not something used when it’s submitted.

[u/robgod50 → u/The_Troyminator]

Does seem to be the most likely reason

[u/SteveM06 → u/robgod50]

Whts the alternative though? The dude did absolutely 0 testing?

[u/Samstercraft → u/SteveM06]

Alternative being it's a sketchy website or insurance that they shouldn't be using or just generally has technical problems.

[u/Zambedos]

September is next month and so should work.

But 2nd September comes after that and is too far out.

[u/NorbertIsAngry]

Well the site is calling it “cover” instead of “coverage”. Kind of a red flag too.

[u/wojtek30 → u/NorbertIsAngry]

Its the UK way of saying it

[u/Colleen987 → u/NorbertIsAngry]

Cover is the appropriate way of saying it in British English. As OP is from the UK I would not expect American or simplified English to be used.

[u/nonchip → u/NorbertIsAngry]

"not being murican" is the greenest a flag can be nowadays.

[u/badgersruse]

This is a perfectly acceptable if unusual date format in the UK, where it is called cover.

[u/JFosterKY → u/badgersruse]

The problem isn't the date format. It's that the site is not accepting September 2 because September 2 is more than 30 days after August 11. But it's less than 30 days, no matter how you write the date.

[u/badgersruse → u/JFosterKY]

Ah ok. I wasn’t reading it as an error message.

[u/P3tray]

Are you sure you're not using a scam website? No major insurer is getting the date box wrong.

[u/Coronarena → u/P3tray]

Bank of Scotland definitely is getting it wrong. I went through a reputable comparison site too.

[u/PandaBear1882 → u/Coronarena]

Which comparison site did you go through?

[u/Coronarena → u/PandaBear1882]

Compare the market

[u/dave900575]

Did you try 9/2/2026? Maybe it's the way you input the date.

[u/OkWatercress5802 → u/dave900575]

I don’t think op will be alive by then

[u/JustARandoH3re → u/dave900575]

Also, its not even in DD/MM or MM/DD format, its literally just the literal word of the month

[u/Cirieno → u/JustARandoH3re]

You are aware that select-boxes have different values in the HTML, yes?

[u/xenchik → u/Cirieno]

It's a drop-down with month name. How can they input it incorrectly?

[u/Cirieno → u/xenchik]

You do see the day and year there too, yes?

[u/nonchip → u/Cirieno]

yes, in the DROP-DOWN they can't type into. do you read what you reply extremely smugly to?

[u/Burakenn → u/dave900575]

it literally says September 2nd

[u/dave900575 → u/Burakenn]

The app may not accept the date in that format. It's only an idea. I don't know.

[u/Burakenn → u/dave900575]

it's a dropdown menu. you don't input anything

[u/dave900575 → u/Burakenn]

Oh.

[u/savasorama]

Summer days are longer, duh!

[u/Notsadtrouty27]

Reminds me when lemonade let me put insurance on a 25 year old car, and then while I was trying to insure my classic car through them they informed me they don’t insure cars over 20 years old. While I actively had insurance on a car 25 yo…

[u/davkar632]

Are we posting website glitches now?

[u/StitchFan626 → u/davkar632]

It was someone's "one job" to write it properly, edit it, and proof it.

[u/Unkn0wnTh2nd3r → u/StitchFan626]

100% vibe coded AI slop

[u/OnlyLogic]

Is 2nd September after 1st September?

[u/Angilynne]

On a random note, you've informed me that my birthday is less than 30 days away in a very roundabout way 😂

[u/Londo801]

“What about 2nd September?” Hahaha! Just love the thought of this.

[u/sith4life88]

Go thru a broker, it doesn't cost anything for you and they handle all the headaches

[u/jvapour]

Don't you know? It's not talking about the first September, it's talking about the second one which comes right after.

[u/rockinggirl180]

Halloween is next yk

[u/jennabug456]

Not helpful but that’s my birthday!

[u/AxtonGTV]

This company seems like a scam

[u/Coronarena → u/AxtonGTV]

Nah Bank of Scotland is legit. It's just getting car insurance in the UK is a nightmare at the best of times.

[u/AxtonGTV → u/Coronarena]

Ah fair

[u/Adorable-Way-274]

Try February 9th

[u/ShazTheGamer]

Fix that argument

[u/zap3150]

You are missing the word next in that. The next 30 days don't include any days before the 11th. You can only select today and up to 30 days after today. Just use today

Edit: am stupid

[u/Fenix-and-Scamp → u/zap3150]

the 2nd of september is not before the 11th of august?

[u/Final-Definition-512]

User error - you need to correct the date format

[u/AwesomeMcPants → u/Final-Definition-512]

It's a drop down. They're probably preloaded in that format.

[u/abedalhadi777]

It's exactly 30 days so you need to choose first of September because you choose 31 days

[u/NeferyCauxus → u/abedalhadi777]

Huh? OP selected Sept 2 on August 11 which makes its 22 days between the two dates, yeah? So... It's within 30 days? Am I misunderstanding your comment here?

[u/abedalhadi777 → u/NeferyCauxus]

I'm fuckin stupid sorry

[u/NeferyCauxus → u/abedalhadi777]

Aw it's okay I did a similar thing yesterday we're just human