To force the UK date format of dd/mm/yyyy
By default DotNetNuke will use the US date format of mm/dd/yyyy. A change to the languages settings will force UK only formatting.
With the UK language support added DotNetNuke will offer web pages rendered according to the settings of the browser. Unfortunately, not everyone sets their browser language correctly. This results in an expectation by DotNetNuke of an American date format, whilst the website visitor is expecting the UK date format.
Setting the DotNetNuke website to only support the UK English language will cause the DotNetNuke website to only show dates in the UK format. To make the language change:
- Go to Admin -> Languages
- Add new Language “English (United Kingdom)”
- Set Site Default to “English (United Kingdom)” click on Update
- Disable “English (United States)”
Having made the change to the date format
- Dates shown in the events module are shown as dd/mm/yyyy
- Preferred locale shown under edit profile will show as not selected where it was set to the United States.
