# \[FEATURE\] Add ISO 8601 date format into format transform list

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-iso-8601-date-format-into-format-transform-list/60327>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 3, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-iso-8601-date-format-into-format-transform-list/60327 "2022-06-03T02:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-iso-8601-date-format-into-format-transform-list/60327/1 "2022-06-03T02:35:55Z")

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Can we please have ISO 8601 e.g. `yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss` added into the list of datetime formats? I honestly never use the Format transform for datetimes without using the “Pattern” format because of this. The other formats are so hard to read quickly and/or are restacked triangle based (dig at US format 😃 )

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**Author:** ![michael2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@michael2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael2)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-iso-8601-date-format-into-format-transform-list/60327/2 "2022-06-03T02:46:52Z")

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How about dd/MM/yy while we’re at it?

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-iso-8601-date-format-into-format-transform-list/60327/3 "2022-06-03T02:47:49Z")

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dd/MM/yyyy, I personally despise yy since it’s so easily confused with the day. I don’t particularly like dmy though regardless since it’s text-wise unsortable (also the biggest issue with US format mdy which sorts even more terribly). Off-topic, but the English language is inherently unsortable since we refer to things by property before thing. e.g. a blue car, a red car. We should say “car red” “car blue” like I think they do in some other languages 😆  
I have a love-hate relationship with naming tags since I’m somewhat anal about correct English but am also logically minded as an engineer, and often they conflict with each other 😕