I have some software that has issues with date format; it was built in the US and throws errors sometimes when it encounters Australian format (DD/MM/YYYY).

Years ago I was able to defeat the problem by changing two setting on the OS to US format. One was Regional Settings, which was set to English (US).

I can’t remember where the other format setting was.

The original machine I did this was on an XP but now I have a Win 7.

Anyone have ideas where a second date format / regional setting might be?

Obviousman said:

I have some software that has issues with date format; it was built in the US and throws errors sometimes when it encounters Australian format (DD/MM/YYYY).

Years ago I was able to defeat the problem by changing two setting on the OS to US format. One was Regional Settings, which was set to English (US).

I can’t remember where the other format setting was.

The original machine I did this was on an XP but now I have a Win 7.

Anyone have ideas where a second date format / regional setting might be?

There’s a date/time setting in CMOS.

I don’t think is where I changed it but I’ll check just the same. Thanks.

For an XP machine in Excel: Format cells, Date, Choose the format you need.

Tamb said:

For an XP machine in Excel: Format cells, Date, Choose the format you need.

Yeah, it is not a application issue but a system one. Thanks!

I’m surprised that the setting should be English(US) & not English(UK) or Aus.

The issue only occurs in a couple of areas because we use DD/MM/YYYY and the US uses MM/DD/YYYY.

If the machine is set up as if it were in the US, the issue doesn’t happen. As said, I fixed it before but can’t remember where the second regional setting was.

> I have some software that has issues with date format; it was built in the US and throws errors sometimes when it encounters Australian format (DD/MM/YYYY).

Function of this software is not obvious enough, man. Why does it need input date format?

Obviousman said:

I have some software that has issues with date format; it was built in the US and throws errors sometimes when it encounters Australian format (DD/MM/YYYY).

Years ago I was able to defeat the problem by changing two setting on the OS to US format. One was Regional Settings, which was set to English (US).

I can’t remember where the other format setting was.

The original machine I did this was on an XP but now I have a Win 7.

Anyone have ideas where a second date format / regional setting might be?

The two settings that you are looking for are Region and Language. Go to Control Panel > Region and Language and you can set them both there.

yep they are the places. We’ve come across quite a bit of software in the housing design / estimation industry that has different modules / drop down menus depending on what the region / language.

Example, timber shingles are a default option for dead load roof material when set to US of A but not for AU.