<p>Paul, when I change the Locale setting to British English (en_gb) <strong>within the database</strong>, the Post Date field's date-format changes to dd/mm/yyyy.</p>

<p>In DB: databaseName > <strong>craft_locales</strong> > Change "en" to "en_gb"</p>

<p>Let us know how you get on :)</p>

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2016-03-14T09:41:33.577Z
This is weird, I did have my locale set to en_gb already and I just tried the dd/mm/yyyy format in my form and it worked. But previous tests only worked with mm/dd/yyyy format, which I got from a couple of other SE threads. Anyway sorted now thanks.
Paul Frost
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Glad it worked @PaulFrost!
Matt P
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Matt P
<p>From other threads and my own tests a date field needs to be input in the format of 10/15/2012 (mm/dd/yyyy). But that's not very "British", is there any way to modify it?</p>

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Is it possible to modify the input format for dates in front end form?
# Is it possible to modify the input format for dates in front end form?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-01)

From other threads and my own tests a date field needs to be input in the format of 10/15/2012 (mm/dd/yyyy). But that's not very "British", is there any way to modify it?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-13. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Paul, when I change the Locale setting to British English (en\_gb) **within the database**, the Post Date field's date-format changes to dd/mm/yyyy.

In DB: databaseName > **craft\_locales** > Change "en" to "en\_gb"

Let us know how you get on :)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: This is weird, I did have my locale set to en_gb already and I just tried the dd/mm/yyyy format in my form and it worked. But previous tests only worked with mm/dd/yyyy format, which I got from a couple of other SE threads. Anyway sorted now thanks.  
> **username_1**: Glad it worked @PaulFrost!  

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