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Anonymous
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3 years ago
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Wrong date format in slicer - did everything but still wrong format

Hi all,

I know this question has been asked many times but the date format in my slicer in Power BI Desktop is incorrect. It should be dd/mm/yyyy but I get mm/dd/yyy - I checked everything suggested in previous posts but nothing fixes it:

 

Power BI Desktop options and settings:

 

Power BI Desktop Column tools:

Power BI Query Editor:

Windows local client regional settings:

 

So with all the above, yet still the slicer looks like this:

Am I missing something? Anyone any ideas? Your help would be very much appreciated.

Please note I am talking only about Power BI Desktop!

 

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    I submitted a support ticket and just talked to a Power BI Support engineer from Microsoft - apparently the correct date format is only applied when you change your Windows region client settings to English (United Kingdom), see screenshot below. So any other country does not work, even if the date and time formats of that respective country are set to dd/mm/yyyy. 

     

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    I submitted a support ticket and just talked to a Power BI Support engineer from Microsoft - apparently the correct date format is only applied when you change your Windows region client settings to English (United Kingdom), see screenshot below. So any other country does not work, even if the date and time formats of that respective country are set to dd/mm/yyyy. 

     

  • YukiK's avatar
    YukiK
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    Column setting should be enough, but it didn't work on my end either. Dropdown/list option works though. I guess this is how it is at the moment

  • Hi change regional setting to English (UK). Also you have to select in the desktop as per the screenshot.

     

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      See my previous post - I submitted a support ticket and just talked to a Power BI Support engineer from Microsoft - apparently the correct date format is only applied when you change your Windows region client settings to English (United Kingdom), see screenshot below. So any other country does not work, even if the date and time formats of that respective country are set to dd/mm/yyyy.