# EasyChart date selector - date format

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 16, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919 "2015-04-16T11:36:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919/1 "2015-04-16T11:36:57Z")

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In the easy chart, for the selector we can only choose a date format with 2 digits.

For the french customers, we use to format date with : YYYY/MM/DD

Will be nice to be able to do that !

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/9/97076c954cf026ee3ffef0f5ef964a528f5e3ce9.png)  

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/0/085154d974daa19eccf3cc88096c2c5481a31ea9.png)

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**Author:** ![glogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@glogue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/glogue)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919/2 "2015-04-16T13:50:48Z")

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It doesn’t look like that’s possible right now.

[https://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=6152&p=38550](https://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=6152&p=38550)

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919/3 "2015-04-16T14:50:05Z")

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The Easy Chart uses the Date Range component, which is currently basing the locale-aware dates on Java’s [DateFormat.SHORT](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/DateFormat.html).

We could add other options to the enum, or even a property to allow 4-digit years. Your best bet would be to suggest this at [ideas.inductiveautomation.com](http://ideas.inductiveautomation.com), since that’s where we’ll be gathering the next set of new features from.

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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919/4 "2015-04-16T14:59:34Z")

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yes,I ever posted a feature request in Ignition Features and Ideas, topic named : “Date Range component : Date Style with format”  
Hope it could be added soon…

Is there a swing trick as a workaround to modify this format ???

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919/5 "2015-04-16T15:28:10Z")

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I don’t see a way to hack into the date formats. ☹

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**Author:** ![mazeyrat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mazeyrat/32/10955_2.png) [@mazeyrat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mazeyrat)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919/6 "2015-04-16T15:31:46Z")

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nevermind, if that can be added in one of the next 7.7 release… ![:prayer:](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/e5a7e3b63facc151ea73e3b45db7bdb3d4bdc316.gif ":prayer:")

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**Author:** ![Clayton.Balfour](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/clayton.balfour/32/3937_2.png) [@Clayton.Balfour](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Clayton.Balfour)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919/7 "2016-08-04T19:22:49Z")

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+1

We have a client who is very picky about date/time formats

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**Author:** ![marcelo.amorim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@marcelo.amorim](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marcelo.amorim)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-date-selector-date-format/9919/8 "2019-12-04T23:02:19Z")

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+1  
GMP facilities use a date format that is not possible to change currently