# User gets dates in Eurpopean format when displaying data base

**URL:** <https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/user-gets-dates-in-eurpopean-format-when-displaying-data-base/1538>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Tags:** erp\
**Created:** [March 27, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/user-gets-dates-in-eurpopean-format-when-displaying-data-base/1538 "2020-03-27T22:17:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![KellyS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@KellyS](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/KellyS)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/user-gets-dates-in-eurpopean-format-when-displaying-data-base/1538/1 "2020-03-27T22:17:41Z")

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We have a user who’s dates display in European format on a particular DB (Quotes), whereas when I display the same data, mine comes out in MM/DD/YYYY format. Any ideas on how to get his to display in MM/DD/YYYY format?

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**Author:** ![ShaneAngel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/pug.phocassoftware.com/shaneangel/32/68_2.png) [@ShaneAngel](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/ShaneAngel)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/user-gets-dates-in-eurpopean-format-when-displaying-data-base/1538/2 "2020-03-30T04:34:02Z")

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Hi @KellyS,

Have you ruled out computer settings?

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**Author:** ![KellyS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@KellyS](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/KellyS)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/user-gets-dates-in-eurpopean-format-when-displaying-data-base/1538/3 "2020-03-30T13:33:26Z")

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Thanks for your reply! I’ll have him check it out.

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**Author:** ![Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mike](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/Mike)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/user-gets-dates-in-eurpopean-format-when-displaying-data-base/1538/4 "2020-03-30T16:41:11Z")

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Hi @KellyS,

Is the date format impacting all DBs the user has access to or just the one?

In addition to @ShaneAngel’s solution, you may also want to check the users profile. Their is a ‘language’ setting on the User tab. I had the same issue with users only to find the language setting was set to English (en- **GB** ) instead of English (en-US). Changing it to en-US fixed the date format problems.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/phocassoftware/original/1X/d6fe10d59601054339dc6c2a440ba6c64ea51987.png)

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**Author:** ![KellyS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@KellyS](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/KellyS)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/user-gets-dates-in-eurpopean-format-when-displaying-data-base/1538/5 "2020-03-30T16:54:56Z")

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Thanks Mike! That was it! Case closed!  
😊