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Use same date and time format as in my computer's settings

Many people like to use English as their display language, but get confused with the US date format: 11/06 is October 6 in the US, but June 11 in many other countries. Why not display the date according to the setting in Windows?

Same goes for time, of course, where many use 24 hour format instead of am and pm.

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  • Mark commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Even just allow a regional time setting in the app. One that actually takes that regions' date settings, like dd/mm/yyyy.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Hello Microsoft Support!

    Would you please ensure PROPER REAL DATE & TIMESTAMP in MicrosoftTeams applications, groups and CHAT windows history please?

    In legal matters, we are unable to prove a confirmation received late, as a screenshot taken shows only a :

    "Monday, 09:30 AM IST". Or 11:00 AM. Or YESTERDAY !????????

    When forwarded in mails, tomorrow the senior management thinks it is yesterday? But that is not yesterday, not even today's time, not even a Monday. Next week or next month it cannot be considered as a Monday !!!!!!!! It is totally incorrect and misleading!!!
    So the date information in MicrosoftTeams is not at all for professional /working use.
    For private usage, it could be fine this vague time term, even for kids :-(

  • Paul Stone commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Note when a team site is created the underlying SharePoint site has a default of US time zone.

    This can be changed in the underlying SharePoint site admin settings.

  • Irvine Russell commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The biggest issue for us isn't the AM/PM time (some of my colleagues stil can't grasp the 24 hour clock) but the Americanisation of the dates (m/d/yy). This causes all sorts f confusion when you are used to the d/m/yy format - seeing 10/11 and thinking it was 10 November, not 11 October

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I operate entirely on 24 hour time and have almost missed shifts because of the AM/PM time. If you just added a 24 hour time option in the settings that would be great.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I can't believe that a Microsoft product doesn't use the Windows date/time settings. I am signing out of Teams and deinstalling it. I *hate* AM/PM time formats and won't tolerate them. Back to Zoom...

  • Some Person commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I use a 24 hour clock.
    The web version uses a AM/PM clock.
    The app uses a 24 hour clock.
    I don't pay attention to what they label days since I am usually looking at a calendar or don't care what the day was.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is so basic it is ridiculous it was not implemented from day 1. It is a microsoft product running under microsofts own operating system yet it does not use the settings from the o/s and does not integrate seamlessley with the other microsoft products.
    Was this because the microsoft suite of products is so convoluted nowadays it is impossible to do this from the stat and can only be fixed following live testing?
    Curious

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Currently trying to display a date in a list in the correct format - can only get a very confusing numerical US format time. Doesn't even have the option for a non-numerical month. Very poor. I've followed all the guidance below. Does not work. Speaks to very poor practice that it is not consistent with other MS products.

  • Pistle Jumbo commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    You can pdate language, time, and date format-

    Select your profile picture at the top of the app, then select Settings > General and go to the Language section. Selecting your preferred language and region also updates your time and date format.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    It's been 2 years, and 24-hr time still hasn't been implemented? That's such a basic thing...

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Teams are now our main collaboration tool. So please, release an update to allow use of regional settings for date and time. I run English Windows and Norwegian date and time settings. Please, also change Today and Yesterday with proper date in chat list. Sometimes Teams does not update and Today was actually a day last week.

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