Date format
The date format is fixed to mm/dd/yyyy, could this please be selectable based on your region - for example we use dd/mm/yyyy
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As an update, since we’ve still been seeing issues around date formatting, so we’re pursuing another fix that should help: If you’re using Planner within Teams, we will default to using the same language/local as Teams.
If you’re seeing this issue persist outside of Teams and your language/locale is set properly for your Office account, please let us know in the comments below!
Thanks,
The Planner Team
332 comments
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Anthony
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I'm in Australia and want to use DD/MM/YY date format (or other variations but in the same sequence). It is very frustrating to have to constantly think (for example) - Am I seeing the 8th of January or the 1st of August?. All my date formats are set to English(Australia) or other non-US formats, yet US date format persists.
I would also prefer to have the week start on Monday, not Sunday.
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Jason Foster
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All languages/region settings set to English (UK) (Office account, Windows login, MS Edge (Chromium)) but I still occasionally get the en-us page.
I find that the app switcher on O365 pages seems to be the culprit for me, sometimes the link for the Planner app contains en-us...
Also when creating new tasks it uses the US calendar format (Sunday as first day of week), this always happens regardless of anything else. -
Daniel
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I've set my Office account Region Format to UK, but Planner on browser (Firefox) still shows the US format.
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Anonymous
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I'm using Planner via Firefox. Firefox regional settings are set to Australia, my Planner settings are set to UK. But I'm still seeing the US format. Please help! :o)
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Tony Whittam
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I have my langauge in Teams set to English (UK). In planner, dates display correctly but input incorrectly. So, 2 Nov 2020 displays as 2/11/2020 - correct - but if set a due date using the keyboard "2/11/2020" is stored as 11 Feb 2020 - incorrect.
Actually I have an update to this. The display of 2 Nov is correct (2/11/2020) in the task list, BUT it is incorrect (11/2/2020) in the task dialog that opens if you double click a task. -
Anonymous
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While you're at it, could you please have the week start on Monday instead of Sunday?
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Anonymous
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Same issue as everybody else. I'm in Sweden and get the "wrong" format whatever I do.
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Anonymous
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Looks like its better to switch into another tool
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Kerrie
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Oh come on -this was first raised 4 years ago and it has been over a year that this has been In Development - PLEASE PLEASE fix this, it is sooooooo confusing for our users
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Anonymous
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How on earth is this still an ongoing issue?
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Anonymous
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Could you include an option to force data to YYYY-MM-DD?
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Kerrie
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I CAN NOT BELIEVE this is STILL an issue. Why when my regional settings are set to English (Australia). You can manage it for Outlook in a browser why not Planner. There are other countries besides the USA!!
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Dave Rawstorne
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Using Version 1.3.00.21759 of Teams (an August 2020 release) I changed my Language in Teams->Settings to English (New Zealand) and then chose 'Save and Restart'. Dates in Planner are now correct for New Zealand.
Remember to 'Save and Restart' for it to take effect! -
Anon
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I am still getting my dates on the task as US time based instead of Australia. Please help
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Anonymous
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New to planner, just set up my first plan in the hope of selling it to my team, and suddenly I realise all the dates are back to front. All my regional settings are correct for O365 & SharePoint. Planner is supposed to seamlessly be part of O365, and yet 4 YEARS after release it still doesn't integrate regional settings? This is unbelievably poor response from Microsoft. I'm using Planner outside of Teams
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John Leonard
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I'd like to add my voice to this too - this really needs to change; my locale is set to UK everywhere I can find it and the planner data in teams is showing a UK format, so why on earth can't the web app do the same?
Also irritating to find that the last comment from MS was over a year ago.
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Stuart Matheson
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I am experiencing this issue on tasks.office.com in Chrome and Firefox. No matter what date format I choose, after saving the settings and reloading the page, dates are still displayed m/d or mm/dd/yyyy.
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Anonymous
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can microsoft please change the date settings to cater to regional differences, i.e. dd/mm/yy
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Anonymous
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Pretty sure I found the manual way of addressing this issue: Settings in your profile icon top right, "General" > "Language" > "App language....". Changed this from USA to NZ and now my planner tasks are in the correct date format.
Hope this helps someone.
D.
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Anonymous
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Planner is a great tool - but please fix this date issue - how can we plan when we are in this date situation 05/06 or 06/05? So confusing - please can we have GB dates as standard when Teams is already set as GB.