Date format for English references

ELphd
Hi there,

It might be that I've missed something, but I've tried a few times to change the date format to day month year in line with the English format and I can't work it out. If anyone has a comment on how to do this it would be much appreciated.

Many thanks,

Liz
  • adamsmith
    The date format where, specifically? In a citation or somewhere in the display?
  • ELphd
    When entering references into the standalone it seems to automatically choose m d y when I use d m y and just wondering if I can change that?

    Cheers,

    Liz
  • adamsmith
    This should work:

    In Zotero Standalone, open about:config (Preferences->Advanced->about:config), set intl.locale.matchOS to false, and set general.useragent.locale to en-GB and see if it makes things look&behave like you want them to. If this is the issue, it's a bug we inherit from Mozilla and it's probably not going to be an easy fix.

    (FWIW, I recommend always using ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) or written out months (August 19, 2016) when entering dates manually, as it removes any chance of ambiguity)
  • ELphd
    Thanks for your help Adam

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