I personally would not like sticky dates between sessions. I agree with Andreas's reasoning, because, for me, that's one less thing I have to worry about from session to session. That also gives me a small record of how much I play the game, which I like. (In the latest run of PS2 EA Sports games, it records the last date you play a particular game. I love that.)
Now, here's an idea. The usual disclaimer of "I don't know how hard it would be to program, but..." stands. I base this on reading everyone's opinions in this thread.
First, all date functions should be put on a separate page of the options. This makes it a little easier to see, and everything will be in one place.
Second, in that date option screen, we need a simple check box. "Confirm date on startup?" If checked, a pop up box asks us for the date when the game is booted. I personally would leave this unchecked.
Third, also in the date option screen, a drop down box should give us a few options on date stickiness. Never, Only For Current Session, or All Sessions. I personally would set this to "Never."
Fourth, we need another drop down box to give options on default dates. Current, Current with Year Offset, or Manual (to set the date every single time). I would set this Current. This drop down box would become irrelevant if the Sticky Date option was set to "All Sessions," and the Sticky Date would take precedence over it. (So, if I set Sticky to All Sessions, then no matter what I set this one to, the default date is whatever is stickied.)
Of course, all of it can be over-ridden by the pop-up box, assuming the user has it set to pop up.
This would probably make everyone happy.
