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Hello, we have a report where we show some dates. In the report configuration I am forcing the "dd-MM-yyyy” format, and with SQL I am getting the dates in this format as well. However, the dates are still being displayed as "MM/dd/yyyy” on the report. Has anybody else encountered this and solved it?

Hello, we have a report where we show some dates. In the report configuration I am forcing the "dd-MM-yyyy” format, and with SQL I am getting the dates in this format as well. However, the dates are still being displayed as "MM/dd/yyyy” on the report. Has anybody else encountered this and solved it?

The "MM/dd/yyyy” is being displayed on the report after it has been generated. The preview in DevExpress is showing the correct date format. 


hi, I've ran into a simular problem. What you want to check is the following:

local pc settings (check timezone and location)

local pc keyboard setting (if set to US it can translate into mm/dd/yyyy)

Browser timezone and location settings

Browser keyboard settings (same as above, configuring this correctly will probably solve your issue)


hi, I've ran into a simular problem. What you want to check is the following:

local pc settings (check timezone and location)

local pc keyboard setting (if set to US it can translate into mm/dd/yyyy)

Browser timezone and location settings

Browser keyboard settings (same as above, configuring this correctly will probably solve your issue)

The report is generated in a subflow, so I think the local pc settings do not apply in this case?

I found an extended property called ReportContentLocale which I think is supposed to set the locale of the report. I set it to ‘Dutch/NL’, but it hasn't solved the problem for me. 


hi, I've ran into a simular problem. What you want to check is the following:

local pc settings (check timezone and location)

local pc keyboard setting (if set to US it can translate into mm/dd/yyyy)

Browser timezone and location settings

Browser keyboard settings (same as above, configuring this correctly will probably solve your issue)

The report is generated in a subflow, so I think the local pc settings do not apply in this case?

I found an extended property called ReportContentLocale which I think is supposed to set the locale of the report. I set it to ‘Dutch/NL’, but it hasn't solved the problem for me. 

You need to know for certain and this is easily tested. I’d recommend giving it atleast a try.


It turned out that setting the ReportContentLocale to ‘Dutch/NL’ did eventually work for our use case!