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How do i change the date format on an email?

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When my emails load the date shows as mm/dd/yyyy as this is not a format i use how do i change it to dd/mm/yyyy ? I had to reinstall Thunderbird and the date problem has just started from the reinstall.

Thank you for your help.

When my emails load the date shows as mm/dd/yyyy as this is not a format i use how do i change it to dd/mm/yyyy ? I had to reinstall Thunderbird and the date problem has just started from the reinstall. Thank you for your help.

Izabrano rješenje

Thunderbird uses your computer system clock. Go into control panel, time and date settings and look at the date format under Language and Region.

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Odabrano rješenje

Thunderbird uses your computer system clock. Go into control panel, time and date settings and look at the date format under Language and Region.

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TB uses the short date format as set in your OS control panel, e.g. in Windows, Region and Language. There is also an add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/configdate/

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Date_display_format

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Thank you, just looked at the clock and realised it was showing the incorrect country.. Thank you for your help.

Elembe

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Thank you for your help.

Elembe