# Is there a way to get the date to display DD-MM-YYYY?

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**Created:** [November 16, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-date-to-display-dd-mm-yyyy/380664 "2006-11-16T12:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@The\_Dumbest\_Guy\_in\_the\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dumbest_Guy_in_the_Room)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-date-to-display-dd-mm-yyyy/380664/1 "2006-11-16T12:53:19Z")

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Just curious, as it’s only a minor thing, but sometimes I look at a datestamp, mentally process it wrong, and get a wrong impression of when it was posted. Nothing serious really, I know this board is based in the US and most of the time I makethe correction fine. I’m just curious if there’s an option I missed that would change the default display?

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-the-date-to-display-dd-mm-yyyy/380664/2 "2006-11-16T17:21:42Z")

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I don’t think vBulletin supports that. The only date/time options (User CP-\>edit options) are Time Zone, Daylight Saving, and startday for the week.