# System wide 24 hour clock?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-wide-24-hour-clock/53169>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-wide-24-hour-clock/53169 "2021-11-17T07:41:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-wide-24-hour-clock/53169/5 "2021-11-17T12:35:24Z")

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Check your locale:

> [@Date Range 'Auto' date style](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/date-range-auto-date-style/24669):
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> What exactly does the ‘Auto’ Date Style mean? I live in Australia where we write the date as DD/MM/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD, and have my Windows datetime format set as such, however the ‘Auto’ option in Ignition components for the date style seems to always use the American format (MM/DD/YYYY)? It’s a bit annoying having to change this all the time, but I’m also interested in how I would develop an application for use in multiple countries and have the date format use the localised OS format, if Auto…

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