Expiration month selector in shopping carts

Why does it say SEPT?

[jbinbpt]

It really bothers me when I shop online that the expiration month selections are in words instead of numbers. I only have numbers on my cards. Does anyone actually have a card that expires in SEPTand instead of 9?

If there is a reason for this, please enlighten me.

Happy Holidays ;)

[jwolthuis]

Same reason that the Expiration Year is a 4-digit number. ;)

[Corey Bryant]

Chances are that it is the same because 09 is 09 across the world. Abbreviations for the months are different (cross the languages). If the cards can have a few things static, that helps on printing

-Corey

[rocknbil]

I find this annoying too, credit card month values should be 01, 02, 03,.... not Jan, Feb, Mar . . . . I have to stop and COUNT what month the numeric value on my card is (I know, this should be memorized, but have too many other things floating around in my head. Like all the voices.) It's really annoying to transpose it wrong, submit, and get "declined," especially since some payment pages lock you out due to "duplicate transaction" responses on the second submit. In these cases you generally have to go back to "check out" and come back in to the payment page.

Numbers are very nearly universal, textual month names are not, it's a good idea to use an numeric drop-down list instead of textual. This is the format most payment processors require anyway.