It is normal that most of the users want to change the date format in Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 to match their region and requirements. If you are using the different day/month format in your country, then definitely this post will be helpful to modify it as you want. Changing the date format from mm-dd-yyyy to dd-mm-yyyy is not straightforward since this format is not included already. Let us see how to change the date format to dd-mm-yyyy from mm-dd-yyyy in Windows 10 and earlier versions Windows 8.1/7.
By default Windows 10 comes with MM-dd-yyyy format. If you are not using this format in your region then you must change it. The other programs like Microsoft Office and email clients will be reading this regional date setting and display the date in the same format. Unfortunately, Microsoft did not add dd-mm-yyyy or d-m-yyyy formats in the pre-built format column. We can manually enter the required format in advanced settings. Keep reading to find out more.
Important Note- This method is applicable for Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2019 servers too. You can use the same settings to change the date format in the latest Windows servers.
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Change Date Format in Windows 10, 8.1 to dd-mm-yyyy From mm-dd-yyyy
Note: We can change the date and time format from the settings app. But this place is useful in selecting the formats listed by Microsoft.
Search for ‘date’ and select the change format options as shown below.
From the short and long date format dropdowns, you can select the desired format. Unfortunately, you can’t add any new formats here.
If you need to add a custom format for your requirements, then we need to access the control panel.
The changes need to be done at Regional settings in Control panel. As you are aware, the control panel can be accessed in different ways in each Operating System.
1) It is easy to access control panel in Windows 7. Windows 8.1 users can use the charm bar or search option, and Windows 10 users can follow the method.
Search for the control panel in the new search of Windows 10 as below.
Even though the following screenshots had been taken from Windows 10, but the settings remain the same for other Windows 7 and 8.1 Operating Systems.
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2) Under Regional Settings (or Clock, Language, and Region), click on ‘Change date, time, or number formats’ as shown below.
3) You can see the pre-defined date formats in the next screen. Click the drop-down button and see whether the format you are looking is available. As I mentioned earlier, the dd-mm-yyyy format is not included in the list.
Click on ‘Additional settings’ to open another window which will allow inputting our own format.
4) Here we can change the date format in Windows 10 or Windows 8.1/7. Under the ‘Date’ tab, you can change the ‘Short date’ format. It will take your input. Make sure you are entering the correct format with notations. The meaning of notations available below. Click Apply to save the settings.
I hope this guide is helpful in changing the date format in your Windows 10, & 8.1 computers based on the required format by other programs and your region.
i want to set the date format as per dd/mm/yyyy in my pc with windows 7 but in change format this isn’t appear give me the solution
I want to change the long date format to mm/dd/yyyy, but it is not in the list. How would I do that??
Mine is windows 8.1
Thats what mentioned here, you have to manually input it in the Advanced options.
nice tips sharing dinesh, until now, i’m still using windows 7
It is a great time visiting your site. It’s really a pleasure knowing a site like this so much with great information. I also know another way to change data format Windows 7. With the help of Windows password reset tool- Windows Password Key Standard.
thanks for your help in changing my date format to d/m/yyyy
This helped me a lot, THANK YOU!
Sanity returns! Thanks very much for this info.
It is a great time visiting your site. It’s really a pleasure knowing a site like this so much with great information. This helped me a lot, THANK YOU!
Actually changing the first setting on that control panel setting to your actual region should restore the date setting you would most commonly use there.
The setting where on your screenshot it says “Match Windows display language (default)”
Great! Thanks for that. I was already flipping out why my region’s date format wasn’t in the list.
I want to show the LONG date and the LONG time in the taskbar. How do I switch?
How can I display both the long date format and time in the task bar?
Wouldn’t it be nice if the win 10 upgrade took the time to match the regional date format in the replacement operating system.
That was quick and easy…Thanks Dinesh
Neat and efficient and saves me a lotta trouble, thank you Dinesh
Many thanks for this.
In my (newly installed) Windows 10 the screens don’t look a bit like that and I can find no advanced option. I cannot put a screen shot on this but there are just five boxes and the options don’t include the ones I want. Any ideas?
In Control panel from the clock setting section pick “Region” find UK then select the dd/mm/yy option click apply. Simples!
Thank you so much.One of my major problem got resolved with this information. Thanks a ton.
thank you very much. This was bugging the hell out of me.
Thank you for publishing how to change the date format that is correct for my region
Thank you so much for the help. It works.
Crazy that Windows assumes everyone is North American. The rest of the world doesn’t read dates this way, and they’re not going to convert people by leaving out the option the rest of the world uses.
I agree, but appears Microsoft are trying to change the world! lol
I have changed the region, added d/m/y format and downloaded the language pack for New Zealand. My system date is correct, yet in Excel it is still finding the USA format somewhere and causing issues! So frustrating!!
Fantastic, thanks for the guide. Much appreciated.
Anna, you do you mean in the cells themselves (in that case right click the cells click Format cells – Date and then check the Locale(Location) is set correctly for where you live) or are you trying to use VBA (which only uses US format and so you need to convert it when writing back to a cell).
Just to say that the US date format was not compatible with my Sage 50 v12 and I was facing an expensive update.
However yr notes advising that I can set my own format (dd/mm/yyyy) were most helpful and the Sage software now works fine.