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jensjakobsen1966
Jan 24, 2022Brass Contributor
Date format needs to be DD/MM/YYYY
Hi When you create a new date column in SharePoint, the default format is MM/DD/YYYY. However, I live in a country where we use DD/MM/YYYY, and changing in the default format into that is not ap...
Hello!
that's controlled by your site's regional settings in settings,
https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/SITE_NAME/_layouts/15/settings.aspx
Change the locale to match your country. Let me know how it goes
that's controlled by your site's regional settings in settings,
https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/SITE_NAME/_layouts/15/settings.aspx
Change the locale to match your country. Let me know how it goes
Colin1024
Aug 20, 2024Copper Contributor
This is a frustratingly bizarre idea though. I have teams that span 3 continents, with at least three preferences for date formats. SharePoint (and everything else that has knowledge of it) should use the USER's own preferences for date format. That's it.