# Date-picker date format inconsistent with locale

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-picker-date-format-inconsistent-with-locale/240740
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** events
**Created:** [October 2, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-picker-date-format-inconsistent-with-locale/240740 "2022-10-02T19:44:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![dmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmc)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-picker-date-format-inconsistent-with-locale/240740/1 "2022-10-02T19:44:51Z")

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Is there a known issue about the **date picker** not using the correct date format?  
I have an issue where all the dates from the plugin are displayed correctly ( **dd/mm/yyyy** according to the configured locale) with the exception of the **date picker** which is displayed as **mm/dd/yyyy**.  
Any ideas on what could be causing this or where to debug this issue?

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### Author: ![Benjamin\_D](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/benjamin_d/32/277831_2.png) [@Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_D)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2022, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-picker-date-format-inconsistent-with-locale/240740/2 "2022-10-03T11:32:29Z")

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weird, I’m not able to repro that (the date picker) 🤔 What are your locales (system and user)?

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### Author: ![dmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmc)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/date-picker-date-format-inconsistent-with-locale/240740/3 "2022-10-03T12:27:14Z")

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Apparently the locales were ok but after running `dpkg-reconfigure locales` on my machine the date picker issue was “fixed”.  
Thanks for the suggestion @Benjamin_D!