Problem now solved. Thanks again Richard. I had checked the Windows settings in Region and Languages and everything was as it should be for the UK.
However, I decided to make certain there was nothing wrong so set them to USA format, restarted the PC, set them back to UK format, restarted the PC, and now the formats in MLO look right. The things you have to do to persuade Windows that you really do want something...! On May 28, 7:54 pm, "Richard Collings" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok. The Timing and Reminders fields in the Properties tab on my system have > the format dd/mm/yyyy. I would guess that this driven by the Windows > setting which is (in my case): dd/MM/yyyy (this is in the formats tab on > the Region and Languages dialog box in Control Panel) > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of RichardM > > Sent: 28 May 2011 6:41 PM > > To: MyLifeOrganized > > Subject: [MLO] Re: Format of dates in Windows 7 > > > Hmmm. Thx Richard. Just to check - I have changed the date format to > > the same as you and the date displays correctly under "Due date" in > > the main Tasks tree view (left hand side pane) but it makes no > > difference to the way that dates are shown under "Timing and Reminder" > > in the "Properties" tab of the right hand pane. I still get m/d/yyyy > > there. > > > On May 28, 3:11 pm, "Richard Collings" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am not using your date format but the format that I have entered in > > the > > > General format: ddd d/M/yy works fine for me in Windows 7. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of RichardM > > > > Sent: 28 May 2011 9:04 AM > > > > To: MyLifeOrganized > > > > Subject: [MLO] Format of dates in Windows 7 > > > > > I have a new PC running Windows 7 and have installed MLO (3.5.9) on > > > > it. Everything is fine except that the dates in the Timing & > > Reminder > > > > section of the Task Properties pane are displaying as mm/dd/yyyy > > even > > > > though the PC is set to show everything in UK format, i.e. > > dd/mm/yyyy. > > > > (In Control Panel > Region and language.) > > > > > I have tried changing the settings in MLO under Options > Themes > > and > > > > formatting > Date and Time Format but with no luck: > > > > > - Set General Time Format > Date Time Format to 'ddddd' and Start / > > > > Due dates in MLO still display as mm/dd/yyyy > > > > - Set General Time Format > Date Time Format to 'dd/MM/yyyy' and > > > > Start / Due dates in MLO still display as mm/dd/yyyy > > > > > However, the 'Hint' format of 'd mmm yy ddd (R)' display correctly > > as > > > > ' 3 Jun 11 (Fri)' and the calendar that is brought up when setting > > the > > > > Due date for a task shows "Today: 28/05/2011". > > > > > Can other UK users running MLO on Windows 7 confirm whether this is > > a > > > > problem for them or not? > > > > > Does anyone know where I may have missed a magic setting in the > > > > Windows settings that could be causing this? > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Richard > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
