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Change date format

Karoline Johansen ·

Is it possible to change the date format in Targit? When I insert the system variable "Date", the format is mm/dd/yyyy but I would like dd/mm/yyyy.

 

Is it related to the language preferences/settings of the computer? I have checked the format is correct on my computer.

 

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  • Marlene Knaup

    Hi Karoline,

    if I change my TARGIT client language to Danish or German, the date variable is displayed like this

    My region settings on my computer:

     

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  • Ole Dyring

    Hi Karoline,

    When viewing dashboards or reports in the TARGIT client, the date format of the Date system variable is determined by the client language:

    For scheduled jobs, e.g., a report including the Date system variable, you can control the  date format via the language setting in the scheduled job:

    BR / Ole

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  • Ole Dyring

    Furthermore, you can also add a new "en-gb" entry in the Languages.xml file.

    The file is located in C:\ProgramData\TARGIT\ANTServer\Settings\Translations

    Here, I have added "en-gb" and called it "English UK" (you can call it whatever you want).

    Date, as a system variable in a text box, with my new English UK language: 31/01/2023

    While, with the standard English Worldwide language, it will be like this: 1/31/2023

    BR / Ole

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  • Steffen Brauch

    Unfortunately this new language is not shown in the Anywhere client. How can it be entered in the option list in the login screen there ? Our customer is mainly working with the Anywhere...

    Best regards
    Steffen

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  • Jelle Jöerissen

    Ole Dyring I also encountered the problem mentioned by Steffen Brauch: the language created manually is not showing in Anywhere Client. Could you please elaborate on this?

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  • Ole Dyring

    Hi Steffen and Jelle,

    I am afraid that it is not possible, without some source code coding, to add a new language to the Anywhere languages list.

    However, if you keep the Anywhere language at the 'Auto select language', system dates will be displayed in the selected language of the browser.

    E.g., in a Chrome browser, in Settings / Language, you can select the language in which the Chrome UI should be displayed. System dates will then behave accordingly.

    BR / Ole

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  • Ole Dyring

    Hi Everyone,

    With the latest release, the 2025 June release (cloud and on-prem) we have included UK English in the list of supported languages. This should take care of the issue with showing dates for e.g., dynamic content in the US English format.

    See this article: https://community.targit.com/hc/en-us/articles/9803299658140-Client-language 

    BR / Ole

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