---
title: "Date formatting does not respect European locales"
url: "https://demo.myforumcat.com/q/94/date-formatting-does-not-respect-european-locales"
forum: "Demo"
question_number: 94
category: "General"
tags: ["Search", "Permissions"]
status: "open"
solved: false
votes: 10
replies: 6
views: 134
asked_at: "2026-07-25T07:32:53.820Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-18T22:20:21.929Z"
---

# Date formatting does not respect European locales

Asked by Mei Lin on 2026-07-25 · 10 votes

Timestamps show in month day year order even for members whose browser locale is set to a European format.

## 6 replies

### Reply 1

meow (Owner) · 2026-07-25 · 3 votes

Confirmed, timestamps are hardcoded to month day year regardless of browser locale today. Locale aware formatting is on the list, just not scheduled yet.

### Reply 2

Hannah Wright · 2026-07-25 · 2 votes

This trips up our European customers constantly, would love to see it fixed.

### Reply 3

Kai Tanaka · 2026-07-25 · 1 vote

Same here, had a support ticket about this just last week.

### Reply 4

Rebecca Stone · 2026-07-25 · 1 vote · In reply to Reply 1

Any workaround in the meantime, or is it just something to live with?

### Reply 5

meow (Owner) · 2026-07-26 · 2 votes · In reply to Reply 4

No workaround today beyond mentally converting the format, sorry. It is a real fix, not a quick toggle, since it touches every date render site.

### Reply 6

Tom Whitfield · 2026-07-26 · 1 vote

Following this one too, would help our UK team a lot.