Make years in sport a dynamic value.

[Polorutz 0]

Hi, I was wondering if it would make sense to make the years field displayed in our profiles to be a selectable year or even a date.

This so you can dinamically calculate the time in sport so users don't have to update that value every year.

What are your thoughts on this?

[BIGUN 1,053]

That value is based on calendar; but not necessarily "time in sport."

For example, I had 9 years in the sport; then took 9 years off after the military to work on my "civilian side" (College, employment, etc.). Then, when I was financially sound again put another 9 years "in sport." So, 18 out of 27 years from start date instead of 27 cumulative years. "In sport" is important when it comes to ratings & knowledge.

Same reason pilots use hours in type.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[Andy9o8 0]

Plus, some people don't count hiatus time in their profiles, while others do, especially if they remained involved with the skydiving industry (etc...) during their hiatus (&/or since retirement) from active jumping.

[Boogers 0]

I would think it's no big trouble to update once a year. And if you forget for a while, that's no big deal either. The difference between 1 year and 2 years is insignificant, and so is the difference between 20 years and 21 years.