# Date Hell

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-hell/31031>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Tags:** custom-code\
**Created:** [August 27, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-hell/31031 "2021-08-27T11:42:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Manu.n](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/manu.n/32/11679_2.png) [@Manu.n](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Manu.n)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-hell/31031/21 "2021-09-16T13:04:19Z")

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The YC date-test column works normally for me !!!

I have confirgured chrome in the English language us to do the test.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/96552_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-hell/31031/22 "2021-09-16T15:24:39Z")

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> [@Lin\_Altshuler](#):
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> I am using your user system YC to determine what language the browser is and changing accordingly.

hmm… are you saying that if the browser language is English, then you are assuming the date format is mm/dd/yyyy?  
I don’t think that will work very well. Most english speaking countries use dd/mm/yyyy. In fact, it’s only the US and a dozen or so other countries that use the backwards (mm/dd/yyyy) format.

> **[Date format by country](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_format_by_country)**
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> The legal and cultural expectations for date and time representation vary between countries, and it is important to be aware of the forms of all-numeric calendar dates used in a particular country to know what date is intended.
> Writers have traditionally written abbreviated dates according to their local custom, creating all-numeric equivalents to day–month formats such as "18 December 2023" (18/12/23, 18/12/2023, 18-12-2023 or 18.12.2023) and month–day formats such as "December 18, 2023" (12/18...

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**Author:** ![Lin\_Altshuler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lin_altshuler/32/32591_2.png) [@Lin\_Altshuler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lin_Altshuler)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-hell/31031/23 "2021-09-16T15:44:55Z")

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Not exactly,  
I am checking if the browser is Hebrew then the date is dd\mm\yyy, then its good and I don’t convert it.  
I am based in Israel and when my browser is in English it shows mm\dd\yyy which doesn’t suit me.

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