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June 24, 2022
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Date format is incorrect in 1Password for Mac

  • June 24, 2022
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Hi, greetings from the UK.

I noticed that the date / time format for created / modified uses North American format (ie. back to front for us Brits).
Could this be changed to use the locale of the user please?

Many thanks.


1Password Version: 8.7.1
Extension Version: 2.3.5
OS Version: macOS 12.4
Browser:_ Firefox 101.0

Best answer by 1P_Dave

Hello folks, 

Our developers have released improvements to how 1Password handles date formatting in the latest version of the 1Password desktop app (8.10.80). You can read more here: Improved date formatting in the 1Password desktop app

If you still see an issue with version 8.10.80 (or later) then please post a screenshot of what you see in the 1Password app and your current operating system region/date settings in the new thread. I'll close this old thread in order to keep the conversation in one place. 

-Dave

272 replies

July 24, 2023

Unlike the Windows version, 1Password 8 macOS doesn't display dates properly. It doesn't follow the customized macOS date format set in the OS main settings. Please find screenshots below.

Mac

Mac settings

❌1 Pwd 8 Mac date display (not the format defined in the Mac settings)

Windows

Windows settings

✅1 Pwd 8 Windows date display (it's the good format defined in the Windows settings)

Thank you in advance for fixing this issue.


1Password Version: 8.10.8
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July 24, 2023

I have the same issue: macOS and iOS locale is set to 24 hour clock and German date format (dd.mm.yyyy), but this is ignored by 1Password 8.10.8 on both platforms and I see AM/PM and US date format.
On iOS at least the timestamp for modified/created of an entry is correct, but data entries are not, on macOS both is broken.

This bug has been reported several times in the past by different people, but has been ignored until now. When will this finally be fixed?

It's very annoying and can lead to mistakes when you use 1Password to track passport and visa expiration dates. It's also very inconvenient when you always have to doublecheck the date format and calculate in your head.

July 27, 2023

@1P_Dave @andrew_l_1P

Is the date format so difficult to manage? How long does it take for a small thing like this?
On iPhone:
View it for an item the format is M/DD/YY. In edit mode it’s DD MMM YYYY.
On Android:
View it for an item the format is YYYY-MM-DD. In edit mode it’s DD/M/YYYY.
On Mac:
View it for an item the format is M/DD/YY. In edit mode it’s DD/M/YYYY.

WHY SO WIERED AND FUNNY THING? Simple is let people choose the format in which they want to view date. Then keep it fixed.

1p_jac
1Password Employee
July 27, 2023

Hi @VincentBounce & @fok

Apologies for the trouble you have seen with date formatting in 1Password on Mac, this is a known issue that our development team have been actively investigating and working on. The team recently worked on improvements regarding this on Apple platforms which is currently available through the Nightly channel.

You can wait for the improvements to come to 1Password for Mac through the Beta and Production update channels, or you can access it now by switching to the Nightly channel: Use 1Password beta releases :)

1P_Tommy
1Password Employee
July 27, 2023

@vishalsheth

The team believes they have this resolved on Apple platforms which is currently available through our nightly channel.

If you'd like to use the nightly, we'd welcome your help to make sure everything is correct. If not, let us know and we can get this back before the team once again. Use 1Password beta/nightly releases

1P_Tommy
1Password Employee
July 27, 2023

cc @viswiz My post above if you're so inclined to give it a try.

jgwhite
July 27, 2023

Great to hear we’re close to seeing this resolved. I’ll reiterate my suggestion from earlier: it’d mean a lot to see an engineering post-mortem of some sort for this issue, even a brief one.

July 28, 2023

@1P_Tommy

Thanks but I would not like to get on nighty version. I wold prefer stable versions only. If this is solved then why not push it out to normal versions?
As I have shared in my earlier post that I would prefer supporting all combinations for date so when a user select a format, the same view remains good throughout 1password. I wold always prefer date and year in numbers and month in words to avoid any errors in reading dates.

1P_Tommy
1Password Employee
July 28, 2023

All improvements progress through a testing stage. Nightly > Beta > Production. A proposed improvement does not land immediately in our production builds. Testing is needed to ensure things work as desired. That's where folks like you can assist if you wish. If not, no worries, not everyone likes those things and that's ok, we understand that.

If the nightly/beta is not something you're interested in, the next best thing to do is to wait until the improvements make it to the production build. I can't speak on when that may happen but only that it will be after the team has taken it though all the build cycles.

July 29, 2023

@1P_Tommy

It’s been 2years now that we’re talking about the date issue. I don’t thing it’s such a thing that it takes 2 years. I know the team is working hard to bring in great options.
All of us know that move from 1pw7 to 1pw8 was not that great.
When such features are ready it soils be pushed to the main version and not left for the whole new thing.
Rome was not built in a day but also time didn’t appear in a day. The progress need to be seen.
Your watc watchtower is already an issue.
These are my views.