iPhone wrong date format

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iPhone wrong date format

Just noticed that Reminders and Notes are displaying the date as Month/Day/Year.

For example, a note that I edited shows 1/14/16, it should be 14/01/16 or something similar.

Even worse, a reminder shows 4/3/17, which makes me believe the 4th of March, when it actually is the 3rd of April.

I checked my Region settings and I'm in the correct country (Argentina). I do use the iPhone Language in English, but that shouldn't be a problem.

Any way to fix it?

iPhone 7, iOS 10.2.1

Posted on Mar 1, 2017 6:32 AM

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Answer 1

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violentlove

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Mar 1, 2017 7:07 AM in response to KiltedTim

Under settings on the phone, go to general> language & region> try selecting a different country.

Example: for region, I have United States. Calendar, Gregorian. Under Calendar, you should have different options available to you to change the way dates are shown.

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KiltedTim

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Mar 1, 2017 6:52 AM in response to violentlove

"Gregorian" is not a region...

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Mar 1, 2017 7:25 AM in response to Fede777

Mess around with it and see if you can get the correct date format.

It shouldn't mess with currency, that little window is just showing you an example.

If for some reason it does mess with the currency, then there is no way to change it, that I know of. But all you can do is try and see what happens.

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Fede777 Author

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Mar 1, 2017 8:34 AM in response to violentlove

Not working, whatever i choose for region if my Language is English it will display MM/DD/YY, I hope it's a bug, because is killing me.

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Mar 1, 2017 6:38 AM in response to Fede777

Perhaps Chang the region to a different one like Gregorian and see if that changes the way the date is.

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Answer 6

Mar 1, 2017 7:09 AM in response to KiltedTim

And Yes, I realize it is not a region. I was typing to fast apparently.

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Fede777 Author

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Mar 1, 2017 7:15 AM in response to violentlove

What region should I use? I also have to see that changing the region doesn't mess with the numbers format for currency.

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