Adobe Forms - Locale and date format

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I'm trying to figure out how the date formatting works in Adobe Forms. Our users in Canada are seeing the dates in 2 different formats on one Adobe form - some dates are in MM/DD/YY but some in DD/MM/YY. The default format in their user settings is MM/DD/YYYY and the same is configured for CA country in SPRO.

The fields in question have Date/Time type and Display Pattern = date.short{}, but it looks like Locale setting is making a difference in the date format. When it's set to Default, the date appears in DD/MM/YY, but with "Viewer's system locale" the format is MM/DD/YY.

Now what's funny - in the form's properties the default locale is... "Viewer's system locale". So the question is - why then there is a difference between "Viewer's system locale" and "Default" behavior in the date field? And what exactly is this "Viewer's system locale"? Where is the date format stored for it?

I've been trying to find an answer everywhere, but with no success so far.

[former_member585060]

Hi,

Check this link

• Set form language and country (->form locale)

fp_docparams-langu = 'E'.

fp_docparams-country = 'CA'.

fp_docparams-FILLABLE = 'X'.

Regards

Bala Krishna

[Jelena_Perfiljeva]

Thanks for the link. My form is not fillable though, also locale is already being set correctly to CA and E for English. The problem is that I just don't understand why with these settings the form thinks that the date format should be DD/MM/YYYY.