Changing to Australian DatesDates are formatted differently in various countries. If the computer is set to the wrong format, then confusion may occur. For example: - Australia’s format is “dd/mm/yyyy” (eg. the 18th of June 2001 is formatted as 18/06/2001)
- America’s format is “mm/dd/yyyy” (eg. the 18th of June 2001 is formatted as 06/18/2001)
Windows 9x/NT4/2000- Click Start.
- Choose Settings.
- Choose Control Panel.
- Double-click Regional Settings (or Regional Options).
- Under General, choose English (Australia).
- Click the Date tab.
- Next to Short Date Format enter dd/mm/yyyy.
- Choose OK.
Windows XP/2003- Click Start.
- Choose Control Panel.
- Choose Regional and Language Options.
- Under Regional Options, set the language to English (Australia).
- Under Location, set the country to Australia.
- If you wish to further change the date format:
- Click Customize.
- Click the Date tab.
- Set the Short Date Format as you wish, eg. dd/mm/yyyy.
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
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