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thisisausername
Helper II
Helper II

How can report viewers see dates in their local format?

I've been trying to find a way to show dates - NOT date and time - that get shown according to the report viewer's locale e.g. US format or UK format when viewing in the Power BI service.

 

It seems like either I set the date field as date/time (which allows me to pick the general format), or I have to commit to a specific date format in the report.

 

Is there a way to do this?

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v-yulgu-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @thisisausername ,

 

In Power BI Desktop, it takes the date format of local machine.

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In Power BI Service, the date format will change based on the language settings. Please make sure you set language settings as Default(browser language), also ensure that you set the wanted local format e.g. English (United States) as default language in Chrome, and move it to Top.

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Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yulgu-msft
Employee
Employee

Hi @thisisausername ,

 

In Power BI Desktop, it takes the date format of local machine.

1.PNG

 

In Power BI Service, the date format will change based on the language settings. Please make sure you set language settings as Default(browser language), also ensure that you set the wanted local format e.g. English (United States) as default language in Chrome, and move it to Top.

2.PNG3.PNG

 

Best regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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