Correcting the date format in the new catalogue

Submitted by Invisible Ink on

Being an international product, our new catalogue software takes its language from the browser program you are using. eg. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc.  This includes the way the date is displayed. As most browsers come preloaded with English (US), the date will be showing in the American order of mm/dd/yyyy.

To change it on your browser and force it to display the date in the Australian style of dd/mm/yyyy, you need to change the language to English(Aus) or English (UK).  Below are instructions on how to do so in the most popular browsers. If your browser is not listed there and you need help, please use our Ask a Question form and we will find how to resolve it for your browser.

FOR WINDOWS USERS

Firefox

  • Click on Tools at the top of the screen
  • Click on Options at the bottom of the drop down list
  • Click on the Content tab
  • Click on the General tab at the top of the box
  • Click on Languages and Choose
  • Follow the instructons to add and/or select English(Aus)
  • Click OK.

Test the new settings by logging in to My Account and checking the date is now display in the correct format

Internet Explorer

  • Click Tools
  • Click Internet Options
  • Click Languages, under the General tab
  • Click Add...
  • Select the language you would like to add
  • Click OK
  • Move English (Aus) to the top of the list (if not already there) and click OK.

Test the new settings by logging in to My Account and checking the date is now display in the correct format

Google Chrome

  • Click the Chrome menu Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
  • Select Settings
  • Click Show advanced settings (at the bottom of the list)
  • Scroll down and click on Language and Input Settings
  • Add English (Aus) and move it to the top of the list
  • Click Done

Test the new settings by logging in to My Account and checking the date is now display in the correct format

 

FOR MAC USERS

Check out this great helpsheet from the University of Adelaide.

 

We will be talking to our software vendor about having this issues resolved in future releases of the software.

We apologise for the confusion and inconvenience caused.

~ Michelle

 

Comments

American 'date structure'

PLEASE !!!!! and for what has been/is being done THANK YOU !! can we mandate the maintenance of the AUSTRALIAN way of displaying dates on EVERYTHING !!!!
(comment edited for brevity)

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