Date format is incorrect in 1Password for Mac | 1Password Community

Hello folks, 

Our developers have released improvements to how 1Password handles date formatting in the latest version of the 1Password desktop app (8.10.80). You can read more here: Improved date formatting in the 1Password desktop app

If you still see an issue with version 8.10.80 (or later) then please post a screenshot of what you see in the 1Password app and your current operating system region/date settings in the new thread. I'll close this old thread in order to keep the conversation in one place. 

-Dave

jgwhite Didn’t even know that existed. Would I trust it? TBH it’s not a problem I need 1Password to solve.

What’s just occurred to me is that for date fields in passports it’s probably safer to store the dates as text

paulgrav the only drawback with that approach is you won’t get to take advantage of the very nice 1Password feature where it can inform you of passports and IDs that are expiring soon.

I think this is a lost cause. 2yrs and it’s still a problem. I’m giving up.

What’s just occurred to me is that for date fields in passports it’s probably safer to store the dates as text. 9 times out of 10 I just want to see what the value is, so if my expiry date is displayed exactly as I entered it e.g., 1970-01-01, it’s unambiguous what the month and day are.

I notice this problem still hasn't been fixed completely after 2 years? I'm in the UK, using a Mac and have just tried updating my passport expiry date which is displaying in mm/dd/yyyy format instead of my system default which is dd/mm/yyyy. I can't see any way of changing this. Seems strange that such a simple problem is apparently so difficult to fix - doesn't exactly instil confidence!

Hello folks,

Thank you to everyone who sent in screenshots and diagnostics reports. The team doesn't require any more information from affected users and work is actively progressing during the current development cycle to get this issue resolved.

I apologize for the continued inconvenience that the issue is causing. As soon as a fix is available in the beta version of 1Password I'll make sure to update this thread to let everyone know. Thank you for your continued patience.

-Dave

fok
I have the same option on iOS. The issue is on Mac and Android. When viewing I get the correct format on Mac but when editing it switched to another format. Same is the case on Android.
This was not an issue till 1pw7. I don't know what has changed. I'm sure this part can be taken care by 1pw so at least the format is viewed in the same format on other devices. 1P_Dave

vishalsheth developers can also query these formats from the operating system, what you want is the medium date format string variant instead of the short one. Here is a screenshot from the iOS settings when using Germany for regional settings (please note the format examples on the bottom):

It's all there in all operating systems, developers just need to actually use them. What you probably want is a way to switch between short/medium/long date format strings in 1Password once the system settings are correctly used by 1Password, but given the ignorance they have shown regarding this issue I think we all can be happy if they eventually at least support system locale at all.

fok

I would always like to have format DDMMMYYYY or MMMDDYYYY. The idea is in this format the month is always in alphabets so one can never mis read it. These formats are not available on Mac, Android or iPhone.

vishalsheth Because using the system settings' locale is the correct way to do this. This is usually very trivial with modern SDKs because you just ask the operating system for the correct format and use it.

I think the main question is: Why is this so complicated in this case or for 1Password?