Question

1Password Date Format

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
April 1, 2025
8 replies
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Hi,

Am I missing something or is there no way to change the date format for date fields in 1Password?

I personally find the US format is the least intuitive format known to mankind. All my documents like passports have dates in UK format, which means there is a cognitive overhead of converting them over and the possibility of transposing them incorrectly when I have to fill details in manually for example.

I wouldn't even mind if you could choose an ISO format like 2025-04-01, as long as it goes from most - > least significant value or least -> most significant value.

I don't see English (UK) as a language option, and not sure if Language changes the localisation, or just the language.

If this is not possible could I add it as a feature request?

Thanks,

Michael

Tom

It might be an operating system thing, I can't seem to determine where it gets it from. Setting my Windows system to Dutch localisation I see your exact issue - on a Mac it works as expected. So it might have to do with how the app ingests the localisation, let's see if the mods have some hidden setting gem :)

michaeldtaylorAuthor

I'm on Windows (although I do have a Mac) with UK localisation. As an Electron app with hooks into OS's it should probably just have decent localisation support, pick up a sensible default from the OS where possible but allow total override in the app? Let's hope there is something!

cyber-bacon

I do not recall exactly, but I recall a previous discussion on this topic and if I remember correctly, 1Password is pulling the date format from the system settings.

michaeldtaylorAuthor

Then it does not work correctly. My Windows system settings are British (English UK). That means dates should be formatted as dd/MM/yyyy.

cyber-bacon

Found a couple previous discussions on the same topic. Based on the responses in these from 1Password, it seems it's a known bug that is being worked on.

Regarding the issue itself, our developers are actively working on a date formatting issue. Could you clarify where you're seeing the date formatting issue? Is it for something like the expiry date for a credit card or passport? Could you also post a screenshot of your language/region settings from Windows itself?

Date field format does not match system settings
Date format bug?
Incorrect date format

If you search the community for date format, you will find quite a lot of discussions on this topic.

michaeldtaylorAuthor

I did do a quick search before posting and may have missed your thread. Anyway, annoying they haven't fixed it yet!

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@sameerchavan

Thanks for reaching out, the team is working to resolve an issue where 1Password doesn't respect the system date format.

While an option to manually set the date format from inside 1Password isn't currently planned, I've filed a feature request on your behalf to have the team consider such an option in the future.

-Dave

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

Hello everyone,

I'm sorry that the date format isn't being accurately reflected in 1Password. 1Password should respect the system date format but there are cases, such as when editing an item, where that may not happen. Our developers have an internal work item open to bring consistency to the date format in the 1Password app, I've shared your report there.

I apologize for the inconvenience. Keep an eye on our release notes which will mention a fix as soon as it is released: https://releases.1password.com/

-Dave

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sameerchavan

I am having the same problem. I want the date format as DD:MM:YY and not the American format. You have settings to follow system settings. But your app does not do that correctly. Please provide a manual override to set the date and currency.

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alliik

1Password on Mac doesn't reflect the system date format anywhere. I mentioned this a year ago, and nothing has been done about it. This could likely be why you're unable to get through the Mac App Store - you're not adhering to Apple's guidelines.

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sorrel

This isn't solved - because the date format remains in US-format on my UK-mac. There isn't a "non-US english" option and the program fails to pick up the format from the system.

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@michaeldtaylor, @sorrel, @alliik, @sameerchavan, @cyber-bacon, and @Tom

Thank you for your patience. Our developers are testing a fix in the latest beta version of the 1Password desktop app. Would you mind temporary switching to the beta version to see if the fix resolves the issues that you're seeing:

Install a beta release of the 1Password app

If you still see the issue with Beta 8.10.80-18 (or later) can you post screenshot of what you see in the 1Password app and your current operating system region/date settings?

-Dave

Tom

Nice! Will test

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