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Changing date and time formats

You can change the date and time formats that are used on some pages of Tempo Timesheets. For example, you can change the following formats:

  • The time format that is used in the Time view of the worklog calendar
  • The date format that is used in the Calendar view of user, project, team, and issue timesheets

Required permission

JIRA Administrator permission

Procedure

  1. On the top menu bar, click the Administration cogwheel  > System.
  2. On the Administration page, in the left column, in the USER INTERFACE section, click Look and Feel.
  3. Scroll down to the Date/Time Formats section.
  4. Click the field that you want to edit.
  5. Type the format that you want (see the examples below), and click Update.

Examples

Time Format

Description

Results

Format

24-hour clock, with times from 00:00 to 23:5900:24
05:45
12:36
17:19
HH:mm

12-hour clock, with 'am' and 'pm'

Note: 12 midnight is written as 12:00 am, and 12:00 noon is written as 12:00 pm.

Troubleshooting: If the 'am' and 'pm' are not displayed on your times, the 'a' might be missing after 'h:mm'.

12:24 am
5:45 am
12:36 pm
5:19 pm
h:mm a

Day/Month/Year Format

Example used: 1 September 2016

Starting with the day

Result

Format

01/09/2016dd/MM/yyyy
01.09.2016dd.MM.yyyy
1/9/2016d/M/yyyy
01/09/16dd/MM/yy
1/9/16d/M/yy
01 Sep 2016dd MMM yyyy
1 Sep 2016d MMM yyyy
01/Sep/16dd/MMM/yy
1/Sep/16d/MMM/yy
01 September 2016dd MMMM yyyy
1 September 2016d MMMM yyyy

Starting with the month

Result

Format

09/01/2016MM/dd/yyyy
09.01.2016MM.dd.yyyy
9/1/2016M/d/yyyy
09/01/16MM/dd/yy
9/1/16M/d/yy
Sep 01, 2016MMM dd, yyyy
Sep 1, 2016MMM d, yyyy
Sep/01/16MMM/dd/yy
Sep/1/16MMM/d/yy
September 01, 2016MMMM dd, yyyy
September 1, 2016MMMM d, yyyy

Starting with the year

Result

Format

2016-09-01yyyy-MM-dd
2016.09.01yyyy.MM.dd
20160901yyyyMMdd
2016 Sep 01yyyy MMM dd


Tip

Atlassian's documentation provides more detailed information about date and time formats.

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