Date format changed in UI

[digibob]

Not sure this is NT related. When selecting dates, such as on opening a chart or in the strategy analyzer, I used to see the format dd-mm-yy, now it suddenly changed to mm/dd/yyyy. Was there a platform update?

Only thing I can think of is I set the Windows clock to sync with time.microsoft.com. But then cancelled it, and tried different date/time/locale settings in Windows, it didn't change the format in NT.

How can I get it back to show dd-mm-yy?

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Spencer]

Hello digibob,

Thank you for your post.

NinjaTrader will use the formatting set by Windows.

If you are using Windows 10 you may adjust the formatting using the steps below:

• Close down NinjaTrader
• Right-click on your clock on your Windows Taskbar
• Select 'Adjust Time/Date'
• Next Select 'Date, Time, & regional settings'
• Then 'Change data formats'
• Select the desired setting for the 'Short date' option
• Closeout the window and reopen NinjaTrader

Then for Windows 7 I have included a publicly available link on the same process:

• https://www.groovypost.com/howto/mic...mat-windows-7/

[digibob]

Hi Spencer. Thank you for your reply. I did all that before and it didn't help. I tried it again now and strangely, the date format in strategy analyzer has finally reverted to dd-mm-yy (good) while the Data Series window on opening a chart continues to show mm/dd/yyyy (not good). How come the difference?

[NinjaTrader_Spencer]

Hello digibob,

Thank you for your reply.

It appears that this window is hardcoded to only display as mm/dd/yyyy.

I have submitted this as a feature request to the Development Team to follow the same settings as Windows similar to the Strategy Analyzer window I will follow up with an internal tracking number for your reference as soon as it is created.

Thanks in advance for your patience.

[digibob]

Thanks, Spencer. It's odd, I could swear I worked before with dd-mm-yy format in the chart data series window. My memory fails me it seems.

[digibob]

Here's a hint: when clicking New > Chart to open a new chart, the dates format is mm/dd/yyyy. When opening the same window for an existing chart, the dates format is dd-mm-yy.
I knew I saw it before.

What happens is I can't copy-paste a date from an existing chart to a new one, because the format is different!

In addition this window is not the only one with the date format hardcoded. Playback dates ignore the Windows setting too. So I can't copy-paste there either!

How about simply letting all the dates throughout the platform use the format set in the OS. That would solve the mess.

[NinjaTrader_Spencer]

Hello digibob,

Thank you for your patience.

I have clarified this to the Development Team to ensure have all dates within the platform to follow the OS settings.

The internal tracking number for your feature request is SFT-4636. Please reference this internal tracking number if you ever have questions regarding this feature request.

When a feature request is implemented, you'll find it in the release notes:

http://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?release_notes.htm