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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

October 18, 2023

Same here running Sonoma. I think Apple changed the behaviour in Sonoma.

@GreyM1P did the developers test on Ventura or Sonoma?

October 18, 2023

Why can't I have a different date format? I'm not getting an option for DD MMM YYYY.

October 18, 2023

@SebDanielsson I can't imagine this works differently in Sonoma. I have a MPB2017 running Ventura at the office, I'll check if it's fixed later today on there and will report back here.

October 18, 2023

They did change it. The date in the menu bar on Sonoma is in the wrong format where it was not under Ventura. If the change had any effect on 1Password is still not certain.

October 18, 2023

I just checked on Ventura with the same region settings, same issue there. So it seems the developers didn't test on Ventura as well.

October 18, 2023

1Pwd Mac 8.10.16: date format follows the macOS settings for:
❌passkey date | ✅custom date fields | ✅modified/created date


1Pwd Win 8.10.16: date format follows the Windows settings for:
❌passkey date | ✅custom date fields | ❌modified/created date


It would be good to fix the red crosses. Maybe the developers can call the same function to get the right output according to the OS settings.

October 18, 2023

Weird, because for me custom dates also don't work (expiry date in my screenshot is a custom date field).

1P_Dave
1Password Employee
October 18, 2023

I’m sorry for the confusion. We expect that the fix included with 8.10.18 will improve the situation for some customers but are aware that it’s not a complete fix yet. If you are not seeing an improvement yet, your region was not included in this update. Our developers are continuing to work on the issue so that we can get the date format correct for all regions. If you’re still running into the issue on the latest version of 1Password for Mac then please post in this thread, and include a screenshot of your region settings, and I’ll make sure to get this information to our development team.

For those who have already posted that the fix didn't work for them, there's no need to post your information again and we're committed to getting things fixed for you as well.

-Dave

October 18, 2023

Why is that fix region specific? 1Password should just use the date and time format provided by the operating system locale whenever a date or time is shown, no matter what language or region is configured. You can also have different date/time formats for the same region. I'm genuinly surprised that this seems to be so complicated since this is pretty basic and has been solved for decades.

October 18, 2023

I agree with @fok , as a developer myself this seems inefficient at best, but it even sounds a bit sloppy. And that is not a word I like to use in relation to software which stores all my passwords and private data…

Maybe a 1P developer can share some insights on this bug and the ways you are trying to solve this? Because I’m honestly starting to feel a bit anxious about this. I am completely aware that something “cosmetic” like region settings doesn’t influence the security of an application (per se), but the way this is handled, is starting to feel more and more unprofessional.

Sorry for being a bit harsh about this, It’s not to be taken personally. But I would really like to be proven wrong about my feelings.