Windows 10: Turn On or Off Friendly Dates in Windows 10 File Explorer

How to: Turn On or Off Friendly Dates in Windows 10 File Explorer

How to Turn On or Off Friendly Dates in Windows 10 File Explorer


Starting with Windows 10 build 18277, Microsoft said and build 18305, "Some Insiders may notice small differences in File Explorer over the coming flights well have more to share later about this later.".

One difference that was noticed is a new Show dates in conversational format (aka: friendly dates) setting in the View tab of Folder Options.

Show dates in conversational format (if available) is turned on by default starting with build 18277. If you would prefer to see your dates in the usual formal format, then you could turn off Show dates in conversational format.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to show dates in a conversation format for friendly dates in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10.



Warning Mentioned in the Windows 10 build 18890 release notes, Microsoft has decided not to roll out Friendly Dates to users as part of the 19H1 release. Insiders will see this option go away starting today, regardless of build number.



CONTENTS:

• Option One: Turn On or Off Show Dates in Conversational Format in File Explorer using Folder Options
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Show Dates in Conversational Format in File Explorer using a REG file
• Option Three: Turn On or Off Show Dates in Conversational Format in File Explorer from Column in File Explorer

EXAMPLE: "Show dates in conversational format" turned on and off in File Explorer











OPTION ONE [/i] Turn On or Off Show Dates in Conversational Format in File Explorer using Folder Options
1. Open Folder Options.

2. Click/tap on the View tab, check (default) or uncheck Use friendly dates in "Advanced settings" for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)









OPTION TWO [/i] Turn On or Off Show Dates in Conversational Format in File Explorer using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

FriendlyDates DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On


1. Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Turn On Show Dates in Conversational Format in File Explorer
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_Show_dates_in_conversational_format_in_File_Explorer.reg

Download

3. To Turn Off Show Dates in Conversational Format in File Explorer
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_Show_dates_in_conversational_format_in_File_Explorer.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. If File Explorer is currently open, then either refresh (F5) or close and reopen File Explorer to apply.

8. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.





OPTION THREE [/i] Turn On or Off Show Dates in Conversational Format in File Explorer from Column in File Explorer
1. Open File Explorer (Win+E).

2. While in details view, right click on the Date modified column, and click/tap on Use friendly dates to toggle it on (checked - default) or off (unchecked). (see screenshot below)





That's it,
Shawn


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