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1Password Date Format
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
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- 1P_Dave
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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:
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
I've moved to Beta in the past, but it was quite a pain getting back on to the main branch, so I will leave it for others to test.... but thanks for getting this looked at!
I changed to Beta channel:
When I check for updates I still am in the Production channel?
I install all my apps using Winget, not sure if this matters. How do I force a beta download?
I've tried killing the app and retarting etc.
Nice! Will test
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.
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.
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.
- 1P_Dave
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
#28051
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 formatIf you search the community for date format, you will find quite a lot of discussions on this topic.
I did do a quick search before posting and may have missed your thread. Anyway, annoying they haven't fixed it yet!
- 1P_Dave
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
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.
Which was what I expected, but setting the Windows system in Dutch gives me two things in the app that neither are Dutch :)
Date format is in the (as indicated by the OP and seconded by me) impossible US date format (mm-dd-yyyy) when editing but when displaying it's dayname, month day, yyyy - so neither are catered towards the OS setting (which they are on a Mac for editing and display, because using dayname, day month, yyyy)?
I would very much like it to respect this decision and format the date correctly.
Mostly because I love having my systems in English while attending to localisations - aside from the language :) (If I put it at Dutch it works, but on windows I really want it on English with a US Intl keyboard and Dutch localisers)
Then it does not work correctly. My Windows system settings are British (English UK). That means dates should be formatted as dd/MM/yyyy.
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 :)
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!
