# Set date picker to DD/MM/YY

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282 "2020-03-13T01:53:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282/1 "2020-03-13T01:53:36Z")

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Date picker only has option to set date in American format. Is there any way to change this to DD/MM/YY?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![kartik14](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kartik14/32/44782_2.png) [@kartik14](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kartik14)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282/2 "2020-03-13T02:32:43Z")

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+1 @eoinparkinson 👍

I am also looking forward to this release - In India we _too_ use dd/mm/yyyy or dd/mm/yy …

Thanks! 😊

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282/3 "2020-03-13T03:53:42Z")

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Hey @eoinparkinson and @kartik14. This is probably a pain in the but for you 2, however, there are at least a couple of workaround options. Here are two examples of altering the typical date output for the community to choose from.

 ![Screen Shot 2020-03-12 at 11.35.56 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/3/e35b230b625a8e4d73a979ca17e715443b1139e6.png)

or

![Screen Shot 2020-03-12 at 11.38.29 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/2/e/2ef315ece524ea2e58c734c7a00307f2e91f1c69.png)

 ![Screen Shot 2020-03-12 at 11.37.46 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/d/f/df8b91bdf89ae4b881e14f7c2ce6087c630e101c.png)

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**Author:** ![kartik14](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kartik14/32/44782_2.png) [@kartik14](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kartik14)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282/4 "2020-03-13T09:41:53Z")

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Hi, @jared! 👋

The work-around is nice, but -

- since it’s dd/ **mm** /yyyy , it should appear as 12/03/2020
- It’s appearing like dd/ **mmm** /yyyy i.e. 12/ **Mar** /2020.

Thanks! 😊

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**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282/5 "2020-03-13T11:38:10Z")

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This is a nice workaround! I’ll have a try at this but I am trying to keep it in the format dd-mm-yy. I can change the “ **/** ” to a “ **-** ” but the format must be dd-mm-yy 🙂

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**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282/6 "2020-03-13T11:53:25Z")

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Here it is!

 ![Screen Shot 2020-03-13 at 7.41.08 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/2/e2debeab2242f54e41fafd36e8fa85128c043825.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-03-13 at 7.41.04 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/1/f16c24f1a02c641e2d3eab2df717b86080d544bd.png)

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**Author:** ![eoinparkinson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/eoinparkinson/32/143769_2.png) [@eoinparkinson](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eoinparkinson)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282/7 "2020-03-13T13:07:50Z")

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This solution works, but again it is requiring the user to input 3 values separately, whereas one date picker is much more streamline. This is a great workaround nonetheless. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![kartik14](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/kartik14/32/44782_2.png) [@kartik14](https://community.thunkable.com/u/kartik14)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282/8 "2020-03-13T13:28:40Z")

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## Thanks @jared! 😊

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/set-date-picker-to-dd-mm-yy/512282/9 "2024-11-08T11:40:25Z")

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