# Dates in calendar misinterpreted in Glide builder

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [September 29, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701 "2019-09-29T19:23:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Krivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/krivo/32/5363_2.png) [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701/1 "2019-09-29T19:23:27Z")

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The calendar list does not support dates when computer has a danish (european?) setup.

The first screen shot shows how the dates are represented in Google sheet.

![09](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/1X/06d6233325545773d493cb62b89cf5cb2b688ad1.png)  
It is how glide has specified it (MM/DD/YYYY)  
[https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/layouts/calendar#formatting-dates-to-work-with-the-calendar](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/layouts/calendar#formatting-dates-to-work-with-the-calendar)

But when you look at it in the glide builder (in app on iOS it is ok) it shows up as june and december entries.

![43](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/1X/b84a077452bf8190d7e194507f167f6a36e3a2ed.png)

Try also to look at how Google sheets interprets the date - the are interpretted all as june

![46](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/1X/c7733fccec246f727f3798ef0fe5e15f964c6299.png)

![47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/1X/4f81a0e8cd4603274a68d3d9dfc32b8c98f1e6d6.png)

So to me - this is a bug.

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701/2 "2019-09-29T23:31:33Z")

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We will fix this eventually. In the mean time, please use [the date format we recommend in the documentation](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/layouts/calendar#formatting-dates-to-work-with-the-calendar).

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**Author:** ![Krivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/krivo/32/5363_2.png) [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701/3 "2019-09-30T05:22:53Z")

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Hi @Mark  
I’m inputting the format that you have specified. Google sheets transforms this to a date-time.  
And then - the problem is as described above.

June 13th and December 6th

I even tried to concatenate two strings to cheat google not to convert the data to a datetime.  
This is the same result.

![25](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/1X/c0077406244ae6871bc77b413bffe69b75657531.png)  
I dont’t see any possibilities to input the data in another way where data will show up correctly in the Glide builder.

Please correct me if I’m wrong

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**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701/4 "2019-09-30T05:57:29Z")

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I found out that it helps when you set both the whole document and the column to the right mm/dd/yy format. Even if you filled it in right, set the column format right too. That helped with me. Ans set the doc to US Locale.

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701/5 "2019-09-30T12:39:51Z")

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I’m trying to reproduce this issue but have a hard time. Which browser are you using? Does this happen with a different browser for you, too?

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**Author:** ![Krivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/krivo/32/5363_2.png) [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701/6 "2019-09-30T14:09:45Z")

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Hi @Mark ,  
I’m using Chrome on Macbook Air.

The document is set to US Locale.

I have also tested on a Win10 machine.  
Here it look as expected - so I conclude that the problem has to do with Mac.

And it works correctly in the app - so in that way - a smaller problem than expected.

Kristian

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mark/32/125_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701/7 "2019-09-30T14:33:52Z")

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We have just deployed a fix. Please let us know if you see the problem again.

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**Author:** ![Krivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/krivo/32/5363_2.png) [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dates-in-calendar-misinterpreted-in-glide-builder/701/8 "2019-09-30T15:14:30Z")

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@Mark  
Things are working now on Macbook Air with chrome browser

Thx
