# Date format **URL:** \ **Category:** Developing with Prismic\ **Tags:** page-builder\ **Created:** [October 8, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/date-format/20010 "2025-10-08T10:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maxime](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/maxime/32/8436_2.png) [@maxime](https://community.prismic.io/u/maxime)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/date-format/20010/1 "2025-10-08T10:07:44Z")
Hi folks, The Date fields are displayed as “MM/DD/YYYY” in the CMS with no option to change it. My entire team is based in Europe where we use “DD/MM/YYYY” so it would be incredibly helpful to change the formatting of all our date fields. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Ezekiel](https://community.prismic.io/u/Ezekiel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/date-format/20010/4 "2025-10-09T08:09:28Z")
Hey @maxime, seems like a pesky bot got an (unhelpful) reply to you before we could get around to it 🙂 Could you show me where you’re encountering this, and how you’ve got your date fields set up? I’ve attempted to recreate on my end, but this is what I get: ![Screenshot 2025-10-09 at 10.06.46](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/prismic/original/2X/e/e87db0eb7fd80a4a08815d227d8c043462dc11ab.png) It appears as DD/MM/YYYY. ---
**Author:** ![maxime](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/maxime/32/8436_2.png) [@maxime](https://community.prismic.io/u/maxime)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/date-format/20010/5 "2025-10-09T09:30:59Z")
Hi @Ezekiel, it looks like you might be using a “Timestamp” in your screenshot, whereas I’m using the “Date” field. Here’s a screenshot of what I see: ![Screenshot 2025-10-09 at 10.11.28](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/prismic/original/2X/3/3b1ad99a7a2690b26a7f63e2c2badee4d46ff201.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Ezekiel](https://community.prismic.io/u/Ezekiel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/date-format/20010/6 "2025-10-09T09:39:51Z")
Good catch! Though I also get the same thing: ![Screenshot 2025-10-09 at 11.39.17](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/prismic/original/2X/4/472c56a1d74bdddb60fdb7d5f11837c3bf3b6ebb.png) ---
**Author:** ![maxime](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/maxime/32/8436_2.png) [@maxime](https://community.prismic.io/u/maxime)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/date-format/20010/7 "2025-10-09T09:43:50Z")
Here’s what I see on an empty Date field: ![Screenshot 2025-10-09 at 11.41.49](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/prismic/original/2X/4/482dc2ca26590409db84cd4cb7c9b3a6efcb7abf.png) I don’t understand why you see a different format 🤔 And your field appears to have time zone information on the right (“CEST”), whereas mine doesn’t show that and I don’t see a way to configure it in the slice machine. **Edit** : I’ve also tried changing my locale to French but got the same result. ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Ezekiel](https://community.prismic.io/u/Ezekiel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/date-format/20010/8 "2025-10-09T09:56:35Z")
I believe the timezone information is related to the hour in the timestamp field above, my date field is below and doesn’t have it. I made it confusing 🙂 I’ve had a chat with the team to confirm - this seems to be based on your browser’s locale. Is it set to be in American English or another country in which the date’s format is displayed as MM/DD/YYYY? ---
**Author:** ![maxime](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.prismic.io/maxime/32/8436_2.png) [@maxime](https://community.prismic.io/u/maxime)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/date-format/20010/9 "2025-10-09T10:15:45Z")
Ah got it! I can confirm that if I set my navigator language to French, for example, it changes the Date field’s formatting. That’s good to know, and I think that’s a nice UI touch. My only suggestion would be to call this out in [the existing documentation](https://prismic.io/docs/fields/date). Thanks again, @Ezekiel! ---
**Author:** ![Ezekiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Ezekiel](https://community.prismic.io/u/Ezekiel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://community.prismic.io/t/date-format/20010/10 "2025-10-09T10:16:42Z")
Completely agree, we’ll add that in! Happy to help, and don’t hesitate if you run into more issues 🙂