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seaninog
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January 12, 2023
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Changing date convention

  • January 12, 2023
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I'm in the UK and recently my Zoom has started using US date convention (e.g. 21st of January is 1/21 instead of 21/1) so can I ask if there is a way to change this so it conforms to the convention that is held in just about every other country worldwide outside of the US i.e. DD/MM? Thank you.

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      Eliot
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      January 15, 2023

      hi seaninog,

      generally, zoom picks up date format from pc operating system.  for example, windows has settings for 

       

       

       

       

      what screens display the wrong date format?

       

      thanks,  eliot

       

       

       

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      KathiP
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      March 27, 2023

      A post I made about four hours ago has disappeared. Do replies posted here go through a vetting process? This is a test to see if it happens again.

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      seaninogAuthor
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      January 19, 2023

      Hi Eliot,

       

      Thanks for your reply.

       

      It's that screen you showed where I schedule  meeting that is coming up in American date convention. How do I get to the screen you've shown above to trying change it? I am on a Mac.

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      seaninogAuthor
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      January 19, 2023

      As you can see from this screenshot, I already have the date setting in this section to Worldwide date convention but when I go to schedule a meeting it still comes up in American. Am i changing the wrong part?

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      Eliot
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      January 19, 2023

      hi seaninog,

       

      i don't have a mac, but i got this from apple site.  i believe that zoom uses whatever date format the pc uses.  since you use mac, i think you need to check the mac date format.  i have not figured out what the zoom date convention actually does.

      Change how dates, times, and more display on Mac - Apple Support

       

      thanks,  eliot

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      seaninogAuthor
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      January 25, 2023

      Thanks Eliot.

       

      My Mac has always been configured to the correct date setting (but I double-checked following your advice anyway) and even if I go into the Zoom settings (Profile --> Date convention) it too says I'm on Rest of World date convention (i.e. dd/mm/yy) but yet when I go to schedule a meeting, it comes up in American date convention. That's going to get very confusing.

      May I ask if you are aware of a Zoom support desk I can email about this? It feels like it's a bug they need to resolve at their end.


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