Windows 10: Short Date format options differ

I have a question about why I have different short date data format options on my SP6 vs my SP3 when they are both running ver 1903.


SP6




SP3



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Short Date Format

I have a device (HTC HD2) with windows mobile 6.5. I would like to set my short date format to dd/MM/yy for my region (English - South Africa). However, when I select English - South Africa, the only available options are (yy/MM/dd and yy-MM-dd),
and it does not allow me to overtype with my personal preference!!!

Is there a way to allow me to overtype with my preferred format, or is there a way for me to edit the available options that populate the dropdown list, and possibly add my own format so that it will appear in the list for me to select?

P.S. I know that changing the region to say English - United Kingdom, will give me my preferred format as an option, however I don't want to change my region to United Kingdom as I don't want that setting to influence any other app that may require
this region value to be correct!!

 

UK date short format in Windows 10

Hi,

Welcome and thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

We appreciate your interest in Windows 10

Sorry for the delay in response.

The changes need to be done at Regional settings in Control

panel.

Follow the below steps and check.


1. Search for control panel in the new search

2. Go to Regional

Settings

3. click on ‘Change date, time, or number formats’

4. Click the

drop down button and see whether the format you are looking for is

available

5. The dd-mm-yyyy format may not included in the list.

6. Click

on ‘Additional settings’ to open another window which will allow to input our

own format.

7. Under ‘Date’ tab,here you can change the ‘Short date’

format

8. Click apply to save the settings.

Hope it helps.

Reply us back with status of the issue.

Thank you.

 

Display Time and Date on Task Bar?

We appreciate the information you've provided Richard. We would like to ask, does it happen when you use a different user profile on your computer?

We suggest that you check the date and time formats set on your computer. Here are the steps:

• Open Settings.
• Click on Time & language.
• Click on Date & time.
• Under format, click the Change date and time formats link.
• Use the Short name drop-down menu to select the date format you want to see in the Taskbar.
• Use the Short time drop-down menu to select the time format you want to see along with the date.
• Close Settings.

After these steps, see if the date will appear on the Taskbar.

We are eager on getting this resolved for you, we will wait for your feedback.