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Today i ran the ios 14.5 update on my Iphone 12. When visiting some webpages i noticed that the date and time formats weren't local anymore in HTML input fields. Before the update the date was shown as "29 April 2021" and time as "12:45". After the update date is shown as "April 29, 2021" and time as "12:45 PM". So it seems safari doesn't support local date and time. Is there a way to fix this?
Greetings Arjan Remie
iPhone 12
Hi!
Same thing happened for me, my solution:
Settings>General>Date & Time>24-Hour Time == OFF !
then set it ON again.
This is worked for me for a while. When I opened the same website again, the time format changed back to 12H format!
Mihaly
Hi!
Same thing happened for me, my solution:
Settings>General>Date & Time>24-Hour Time == OFF !
then set it ON again.
This is worked for me for a while. When I opened the same website again, the time format changed back to 12H format!
Mihaly
Hi there Arjan,
We understand that the date format changed in Safari after updating. We’d like to help however we can.
To confirm, is the calendar format still set correctly on your iPhone?
Set the language and region on iPhone
If so, where exactly in Safari are you seeing the date format changed? Does the same thing happen in any other apps?
Cheers!
Hi Ben,
Thank you for your repley; language and region are set correctly. I haven't come across another app that needs date or time input. It is not a website problem because other websites, including w3school.com, shiw the same format.
Sometimes a picturs says more than a thousand words, so here's one. As you can see below the date is displayed in the english format and time is in 12h format (am/pm), as mentioned previously it was like "1 Mei 2021" and in 24h format (the way we normally format the date and time in the Netherlands). When I submit this form date and time are saved as they should.
it seems like a small problem, but it is quite annoying. For me it's much easier to see if the time is set correctly in 24h format.
I hope you can help me.
Thanks in advance!
Arjan
Arjan,
We appreciate that additional information. Let’s continue to look into this.
To confirm, does this also happen when using another web browser on your iPhone or is the date format showing correctly?
Does this occur when connected to multiple networks or cellular data as well?
Best regards.
Hi Mihaly,
Thanks for your solution. It put me on the right track. Switching only 24h time off and on again did not do the trick; when switching 24h and automatic timezone selection off and on again, DID do the trick!
So problem solved.
Thanks for the "Solved!" badge,
BUT
my solution is not a real solution yet!
It can be the first step to find the bug we got with this update.
As I see: when Safari load a page, got a false info about the user's locale settings. When You modify the time format during the page left opened, the change affect the opened page immediately.
Mihaly
Hi Mihaly,
You are correct again, it's not permanent. Reopening the page, gives the wrong format/notation again. It's like Apple put a region somewhere in the script for testing the new iOS and forgot to take it out afterwards. It's kind of SOLVED, more of a workaround.
But thanks so far.
Arjan
Hi Ben,
It happens on Wi-Fi networks and on cellular 4G/5G. It happens not only in Safari, but in Chrome-app and Firefox-app as well.
Arjan
Hi!
Today the 14.5.1 update has arrived, it seems to be the real solution for this "time format anomaly".
Thanks for the Apple guys
Hi,
Yes indeed, after the update my problem was solved as well!
Thanks for solving this issue so quickly
Arjan
Date format in Safari isn't local anymore after update to ios 14.5
