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Hello,

I have a modern table that is showing dates in mm/dd/yyyy format, but I am trying to put it in dd/mm/yyyy format. I have tried setting ContentLanguage = "en-GB", DateTimeFormat/DateOnlyFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy", but no luck so far.

I've read that it may change depending on your system language, but I can't change my work laptop language away from English (United States).

Any help would be much appreciated!

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11manish 3,333 on at

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This is a known limitation with modern table controls in Microsoft Power Apps — what you’re seeing is expected behavior.

Why your changes didn’t work

ContentLanguage = "en-GB"

DateOnlyFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy"

These do not override how modern tables render dates.

Modern tables:

Always respect the user’s browser/system locale, not app-level settings.

Since your system is English (United States):

Dates render as MM/DD/YYYY regardless of your formulas.

Try below as workaround :

Convert date to text

Create a calculated column in your Items:

Text(YourDateColumn, "[$-en-GB]dd/mm/yyyy")

Then bind your table column to this new field.

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Hi @LW-03031325-0,

Use AddColumns() in your Filter.
AddColumns( Filter( DataSource, YourPresentFilterHere ), MyDate, Text(YourDateField, "dd/mm/yyyy") )

Then show MyDate (or whatever you want to call it) in the Table. Also note that Modern Tables are still in preview and have a few other quirks that have been mentioned on this Community.

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Vish WR 3,748 on at

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@LW-03031325-0

- Convert the date to text with something like: Text(DateColumn, "[$-en-GB]dd/mm/yyyy")
- Or, add a calculated column: AddColumns(Filter(...), "MyDate", Text(DateField, "dd/mm/yyyy"))
- Then, show that new text field in your table instead of the original date.

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LW-03031325-0 62 on at

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Thank you so much for your help everyone, I have a working table now!

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