One of the most commonly asked questions on this forum is how to get the date format to be something other than mm/dd/yy. It should be noted that this is not controlled by the Events Module. The module formats dates using standard date strings which present date according the Culture or Language specified in the user or portal settings. Therefore the module can be presented to users in multiple languages with dates being presented as appropriate for all users.

The way to set this up correctly is to:-

• Install the languages you require via the Languages dialogue in the Host menu or ask your service provider to add any that you need. For UK English you will need to install English (UK) - en-GB
• In this dialogue I typically disable browser language detection, because often browsers are configured to en-US as default
• In the Site Settings dialogue in the Admin menu, under Advanced Settings, then Other Settings, configure the default language
• For each user (and this is best done when you first set up the site, because the pick up the default you just specified in the Site Settings), change the Preferred Locale in the Manage Profile section of their user profile.

Dates should now dsplay in the correct format. For the UK (and I'm sure for other counries as well), it will also show weeks starting on a Monday rather than a Sunday which is the norm in the US.

Hope this helps...
Roger

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Hi Thanks for this is has been very useful. I have a slightly more exotic request here though. I have made a 'mini' calendar using the 'theme/skin' Standard Theme=small. This works well. But I want to change the template for -> 'Events Tooltip Title - Month View - No Events Title'. At the moment the template is:

  Events for {0}

With this template what is shown in the 'tool tip title' is:     

  Events for 11/4/2010

I want this to display a date of the format ddddddd dd/MMM/yyyy

  Events for Monday 4/Nov/2010

But there does not seem to be any way to do this. Can you help.
Thanks Alec.

Hi Roger,

I'm a bit new to this. Where should create the request on codeplex (I do have an account ... just not sure where to enter a request).

Thanks,

Alec.