Date format change in MacOS Ventura

There only two options yyyy-mm-dd and dd/mm/yyyy.

In the previous version it was possible to modify the way how you like it to be and for me it is important to have dd.mm.yyyy as in Latvia for sure this is the most common format.

Please add at least one more option for Region "Latvia" : dd.mm.yyyy !

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Dec 16, 2022 04:29 AM

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Dec 16, 2022 05:43 AM in response to edgarsfromsalaspils

Take a look at this thread:

macOS Ventura 13.0 - Language Region - Da… - Apple Community

If you're familiar with Terminal commands you'll likely be able to set the dd.mm.yyyy date format.

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Date format change in MacOS Ventura

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