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How do i change the date format on an email?

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When my emails load the date shows as mm/dd/yyyy as this is not a format i use how do i change it to dd/mm/yyyy ? I had to reinstall Thunderbird and the date problem has just started from the reinstall.

Thank you for your help.

When my emails load the date shows as mm/dd/yyyy as this is not a format i use how do i change it to dd/mm/yyyy ? I had to reinstall Thunderbird and the date problem has just started from the reinstall. Thank you for your help.

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Thunderbird uses your computer system clock. Go into control panel, time and date settings and look at the date format under Language and Region.

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Thunderbird uses your computer system clock. Go into control panel, time and date settings and look at the date format under Language and Region.

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TB uses the short date format as set in your OS control panel, e.g. in Windows, Region and Language. There is also an add-on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/configdate/

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Date_display_format

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Thank you, just looked at the clock and realised it was showing the incorrect country.. Thank you for your help.

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Thank you for your help.

Elembe