Problem with Regional Settings

[Skemaz]

Hi

If you check out the 2 screenshots below, the one at the top is what I see in www.powerbi.com and the one below that is what I see in the Desktop Power BI.

So when in the Desktop, I see 3/09/2017 and 18/11/2017 (correct for Australia), but as soon as I publish, it switches to the US format of 9/3/2017 and 11/18/2017.

I've hunted around but cannot find how to correct this.

Your assistance will be appreciated.

Thanks, Mark.

[Phil_Seamark]

HI @Skemaz

This issue sounds similar which has been solved

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Date-format-changing-desktop-to-web/td-p/117204

Let me know how you get on.

[Skemaz]

Hi Phil

Thanks for assisting, however the solution you refered me to doesn't seem to make a difference.

These are the steps I took (see screen-shots below).

(1) I checked and my powerbi.com settings and it was already set to "Default".

(2) In Firefox (checked in Edge as well), I removed English US leaving just English.

(3) I restarted Firefox and logged ina again but I still see the US date format.

I appreciate your assistance.

Cheers, Mark.

[BrianCSCKOF]

It worked for me. I had a similar problem, but with the units displayed on the Cards, they showed "Mil" instead of "K", it was a regional settings problems, thanks.

[Phil_Seamark]

Hi @Skemaz

I'm in New Zealand so would have the same problem.  But when I publish to the web service the date ranges are in a format we would prefer (dd/mm/yyyy).

I'm using Explorer and Chrome

[Skemaz]

Hi

I'm still tryig to find a solution (see my latest update.

Any assistance will be appreciated.

Thanks, Mark.

[v-caliao-msft · Accepted solution]

@Skemaz,

Please format your date by using the DAX.
Column 2 = FORMAT(Sheet1[Date],"D/MM/YYYY")

And then publish it to Power BI services to check if the date format change or not.

Regards,

Charlie Liao

[Skemaz]

Many thanks. Problem solved 🙂

[Skemaz]

Hi Phil

I'm in Bali and my Regional Settings (see below) are set to Australia and my users are in South Africa - so we all use dd/mm/yy format.

Users in SA, Bali and Australia all report seeing mm/dd/yy.

It's got me stumped becuase it looks great until I publish. 

Thanks, Mark.