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# Date format

 **Navigation:** Login with your credentials >> look for your username at the top-right corner and click on it >> click on **Settings** in the drop-down menu.

To change the date format, you can select the desired date format from the drop down menu. The selected date format is applied wherever the date picker is used in the application. 

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### **Supported Date Formats**

|       | Supported Date Format | Example        |
| ----- | --------------------- | -------------- |
| **1** | dd MMMM yyyy          | 01 August 2016 |
| 2     | dd/MMMM/yyyy          | 01/August/2016 |
| 3     | dd-MMMM-yyyy          | 01-August-2016 |
| 4     | dd-MM-yy              | 01-08-2016     |
| 5     | MMMM-dd-yyyy          | August-01-2016 |
| 6     | MMMM dd yyyy          | August 01 2016 |
| 7     | MMMM/dd/yyyy          | August/01/2016 |
| 8     | MM-dd-yy              | 08-01-16       |
| 9     | yyyy-MM-dd            | 2016-08-01     |

{% hint style="info" %}

Limitations

* If the selected language is non-English, then the date format should be dd-MM-yy in order to do any transaction-based activity.
* The date format setting is applicable only to the current session. If the browser is closed and reopened or if the website is opened from another browser, then the user needs to change his preferences again.
  {% endhint %}


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