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How can I preserve original date format that has been created in Word to be shown in Firefox browser as well?

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Dear Sirs,

I'm having a problem with date formats. I have created templated Word document, that should pick up current date among other fields. Document is created in Office 2016, and the code itself looks like this:

{ DATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" }

This is Office code, it's not custom code, and it shows you current date pulled up from the system e.g. 20 February 2018. The problem is that when I open the same document using Gmail in browser, I get US date format e.g. 02/20/2018.

Now, I have tried to install UK version of Firefox, setup UK language, even tried with different browsers, but it's not converting the format date to the original one, it's always showing US date format.

Can you please help out on this matter. Thank you very much.

Dear Sirs, I'm having a problem with date formats. I have created templated Word document, that should pick up current date among other fields. Document is created in Office 2016, and the code itself looks like this: { DATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" } This is Office code, it's not custom code, and it shows you current date pulled up from the system e.g. 20 February 2018. The problem is that when I open the same document using Gmail in browser, I get US date format e.g. 02/20/2018. Now, I have tried to install UK version of Firefox, setup UK language, even tried with different browsers, but it's not converting the format date to the original one, it's always showing US date format. Can you please help out on this matter. Thank you very much.
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So was the Office and document the UK version when it was saved?

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slavenglaafs said

Dear Sirs,

It's a man's world .....  :-(

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Does the same happen if you use another browser to view the document via Gmail?


When resist fingerprinting (RPT) is enabled then some items are spoofed. You can check this pref on the about:config page and, if enabled, set to false.

  • privacy.resistFingerprinting = false

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.

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Hello,

The setting was already set as "privacy.resistFingerprinting = false". The document was saved under UK or Australian Region and Language settings.

You can locally change Region and Language on the Windows and it will only affect the Word document when it's opened from the Windows interface.

Whatever I do in any browser ( Edge, Chrome, Firefox) and change date setting to any Region and Language it's always returned as US format.

I changed language settings to UK format under Gmail account and in every browser that I tested and still nothing.

This is the code used in Word document, that should update current date whenever you open up the document.

{ DATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" }

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slavenglaafs said

I changed language settings to UK format under Gmail account and in every browser that I tested and still nothing.

Hello,

Probably a rhetorical question, but after you changed the language settings, did you scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Save changes'  ?

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You're opening the document in the online version of Microsoft Word? Does mine work any better:

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AusmYpecTBblg2d1LSuyUBTOf6rD

That's read-only, you'll need to save it to your computer or your OneDrive to edit it.

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Now that I re-read your posts, it may be that you are opening a Word document in Google Docs instead of Office online. Google Docs might not support all of Word's field code switches, or they might have their own syntax. You could ask about that on Google's forums if you need to use Google Docs for this project:

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/docs

If you don't need to use Google Docs, you'll likely get the best fidelity sticking with Word (offline or online).