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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

December 24, 2022

4 months on - any update on this? Even a 'We will... eventually... it is on the 'to do list"

Americans don't seem to realise just how disconcerting and off-putting their format is to the rest of the world - Users shouldn't have to guess whether 06/07/2022 - is June or July.

A quick fix would be to just switch the display format to the iso system yyyy-mm-dd - that way no-one gets confused and there is no need to check location settings.

More generally though, for a company trading internationally, respecting local settings should be part of core functionality coding standards: "Ensure that Local System Settings for date/time/language etc. are respected throughout the application"

GreyM1P
1Password Employee
December 24, 2022

Hey there @philrob

This change is now available in the beta version of 1Password and will make its way to the Production version before long. If you'd like to use it now, you can follow the steps shown here to switch to the beta channel:

Use 1Password beta releases

Please let me know if you have any questions, or would like any further help. :)

December 29, 2022

I'm waiting for that to become an official release in the production version too. People have asked for this for some years now, as we can see on other posts about this.
It's not just a more "English (UK)" style of date. It's a global style of date, except for the USA.

andrew_l_1P
1Password Employee
December 29, 2022

I'm looking forward to this as well, @crisrich58! The release notes that Grey links above are inclusive of production versions so you can keep an eye out there, you can also turn on automatic updates: How to keep 1Password up to date

We can't say when exactly the next release will be, but we'll be here to help with any questions or feedback once you try it out. 🙂

Mycenius
December 30, 2022

@andrew_l_1P the dates are still displaying incorrectly in Windows FYI (I haven't had a chance to also check my MacBook as yet). Should this have rolled out by now? Screen snip below FYI (my regional settings are for New Zealand so should be displaying DD/MM/YYYY):

GreyM1P
1Password Employee
December 30, 2022

@Mycenius – It's still in beta for now, but should be in the Production version before too long. :)

Mycenius
December 30, 2022

Thanks @GreyM1P - it will be good to finally have this resolved - its been a long wait for all of us outside of the USA.... :-)

andrew_l_1P
1Password Employee
December 31, 2022

☑️ Automatic updates turned on: How to keep 1Password up to date
☑️ Release notes bookmarked: 1Password for Mac Releases

I'm waiting right by the door with you @Mycenius 😁

Mycenius
December 31, 2022

😁👍

January 1, 2023

I've been using 1Password for many years but I've just seen that each record's created and modified dates are shown as the system setting that was in effect when the record was created or modified.

Example: Today is 31 December 2022. I have system set to U.S. locale, with dates in M/D/Y format. Create a record and save. Change system settings to Ireland locale with dates in D/M/Y format. Edit record and save. The record now reports created on 12/31/2022 and modified on 31/12/2022.

You can have a record that shows 31/12/2022 as modified date and 1/20/2020 as created date. But if the day of the month is between 1 and 12, you have no idea what you're looking at. Someone who travels or moves will experience this. This makes it impossible to reliably interpret the created and modified dates, which can lead to real problems, especially with shared vaults.


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