Changing the default date date format for dd MMM yyyy

Question

How to change the default date date format for dd MMM yyyy (e.g. May 1, 2013),

We can change the regional setting to change the date format, but I can not find anything that displays the month as a word.

I mean the following article, which seems to work, except for the dd MMM yyyy format (e.g. May 1, 2013). I noticed a problem with displaying the month in the word, it seems that a different format is working.

http://sharepointex.blogspot.in/2007/09/how-to-modify-date-format-in-sharepoint.html

Any idea why this month name is not showing as expected?

Hello,

Answer 1

For Sharepoing 2010, regional settings are hidden for the central administration site collection. However, you can reach them by typing the URL (replace mysharepointserver: port for your central admin web application).

http://mysharepointserver:port/_layouts/regionalsetng.aspx 

Answer 2

I understand that you want to change the date format and time columns for the SharePoint site. Here are two options:

1.You can change the presentation view in SharePoint Designer to format the date and time column. Change the formula to ddwrt: FormatDate (line ($ thisNode / @ * [name () = current () / @ Name]), 1033.7).

2.You can change the regional settings for the site collection. Change the locale in other countries, the date format will automatically change for all existing data and time columns.

I tried with a German and its date and time format is similar to dd mm yyyy.

Answer 3

I understand that you need a global site configuration; however, if you select a field by field format, you can format it to a specific format by specifying "dd MMM yyyy" explicitly in your XSL.

 <xsl:value-of select="ddwrt:FormatDateTime(string($thisNode/@*[name()=current()/@Name]) ,1033 ,'dd MMM yyyy')"/> 

http://afsawaf.blogspot.com/2013/12/sharepoint-2010-format-view-date-format.html

Good luck

Answer 4

Just change the locale from the site’s regional settings in the Site Administration> Regional Settings section.

I tried with SharePoint 2013

Thanks Chirantaka