Show "Date Added" in YYYY-MM-DD format

b0c5
edited January 2, 2024
Currently I see dates in the 'Date Added' column showing as DD/MM/YYYY. I would prefer the ISO standard format, YYYY-MM-DD. Is there a setting to change this?
  • adamsmith
    Not really, no. Date Added is formatted in the localized date format for the currently used language.
  • b0c5
    I see. In my Mac I have the language set to English (US). But there is also a separate setting for Date Format, which I set to YYYY-MM-DD.

    So maybe there is a generic way to decouple language from date format?
  • adamsmith
    I mean the interface language in Zotero (General Tab of the prefs), though there's something more complicated going on with English dates, which also picks up some system setting but in a weird way -- I think there are some threads on this if you search.
  • dstillman
    edited January 7, 2024
    @b0c5: Currently the date format follows the configured locale — which by default is set automatically from the system locale, but you can change in the settings as adamsmith says — and doesn't use any separate system date setting.

    (It looks like dates for different English locales aren't being handled properly in the Zotero 7 beta, though.)
  • joines
    I would also very much like to see this feature. Ideally, a way to set it specifically in Zotero, but honoring the system locale would also be fine if it worked for English locales.
  • mshino
    Same here, ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) is the most logical to see and sort. Please consider separating the displayed date format from user language.
  • b0c5
    I had forgotten I already had posted this, so I created a new post here: https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/121574/format-of-dates (closed as duplicate).

    My system is using a locale which should have YYYY-MM-DD dates, but for some reason Zotero 7 is not handling this. So this seems like a bug. Is there a Github issue tracking this already? Hope this gets fixed soon.
  • v4u6h4n
    noticing the same thing
  • marcocoraggio
    Agreed. I would like to use Zotero in English and Date added in YYYY-MM-DD format, or even DD-MM-YYYY
  • jandavid
    I'm experiencing the same issues. It seems though that system settings aren't picked up at all in my case, not just in a "weird way" according to @adamsmith :)

    I'm having Date format in the System Settings > Language & Region is set to YYYY-MM-DD
    However, Zotero lists it as MM/DD/YYYY
    In Zotero General Settings Language is set to Automatic (English)

    Running latest Zotero on macOS 15.7.2

    Any way how to get it to show in YYYY-MM-DD?
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