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Date format can't be changed
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2026 12:43 pm
by karwojtek
Is there any way to change the date format? I live in Europe and I'm sure that today is not 1/29/2026 because year 2026 does not have 29 months
Re: Date format can't be changed
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2026 1:22 pm
by Wojtas81
I think that everyone will quickly notice that it is January 29th, 2026.
Yes, in Europe we usually use dd/mm/yyyy, but such devices are international by design.
Re: Date format can't be changed
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2026 6:01 pm
by karwojtek
I agree. It's international device. But who besides America uses mm/dd/yyyy date format?
Re: Date format can't be changed
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2026 11:13 pm
by javawa
If you really want to go international use yyyy-mm-dd, according to ISO 8601.
Re: Date format can't be changed
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 12:27 am
by GPSrChive
javawa wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 11:13 pm
If you really want to go international use yyyy-mm-dd, according to ISO 8601.
That's how I have been doing my dates for a very long time. Didn't know there was an ISO standard for it!
Re: Date format can't be changed
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2026 5:07 pm
by W7GES
Another advantage of yyyy-mm-dd is in naming files.
Name your files yyyy-mm-dd-filename.txt and you quickly see when files were created when browsing through a directory as the name doesn't get updated when the file is saved.