Changing the Format of Date and Time in Windows 11

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This content guides Windows 11 users on how to change the default format of dates and times, specifically replacing slashes with periods. Users can navigate through Settings to the “Time & Language”, and “Language & Region” options. Further, the ‘Formats’ tab under ‘Administrative Language Settings’ allows one to manually input the desired date format. The…

This post shows students and new users steps to change the format of dates and times when using Windows 11.

By default, Windows formats date with slashes (9/8/21). If you want to use a different format, such as periods instead of slashes, you can easily change that in Windows.

Whatever you change the date and time format to, it will appear on the Taskbar at the bottom right corner. It may also appear in applications and documents you create unless you override the format in individual programs.

To change the date and time format in Windows 11, follow the steps below.

How to use periods in date on Windows 11

As mentioned above, Windows uses slashes in the date when displaying. You can change that to a different format anytime; the steps below show you how.

To get to System Settings, you can use the Windows key + I shortcut or click on Start ==> Settings, as shown in the image below:

Alternatively, you can use the search box on the Taskbar and search for Settings. Then select to open it.

Windows Settings pane should look similar to the image below. In Windows Settings, click Time & Language, then select Language & Region on the right pane of your screen, as shown in the image below.

On the Language & Region settings pane, under Related settings, click “Administrative language settings.

On the Region dialog box, select the Formats tab. This dialog box also allows you to select built-in date and time formats. However, you won’t see a format with periods. You’ll have to enter that manually.

To create a custom format, click “Additional settings” at the bottom of the tab.

On the Customize Format dialog box, click the “Date” tab.

The “Short date” drop-down list box in the Date formats section is also an edit box, allowing you to enter a different format.

For example, change it here to use periods instead of slashes. After you click Apply, you should see a preview of the new date format for the Shot date.

You can customize the Short time format using the notation in the dialog box. Once you’re done, click the OK button to save and exit.

The new format should be displayed on the Taskbar, similar to the one below.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to change the date and time format when using Windows 11. Please use the comment form below if you find errors or want to add something.

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