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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Date formats should always be kept consistent across your application, more impo

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![Figure: Operating System's Regional Settings](../../assets/BetterInterface_RegionalSettings.jpg)
![Figure: Operating System's Regional Settings](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/71dd7833-71d6-470d-90a1-9258bf0e51a1)

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![Figure: Bad example - Screens with inconsistent date formats](../../assets/BadExampleDP.gif)
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'Initial CultureInfo settings for the application
Public initialCulture As CultureInfo
...

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txtDateCreate.Text = CType(txtDateCreate.Tag, System.DateTime).ToString(initialCulture.DateTimeFormat)
```

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Figure: Good Example - Using culture info to format datetime
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## Browser language settings

It is required to set web browser language to English (Australia) after modifying the computer reginal and language settings. This ensures proper formatting and compatibility, particularly when downloading web pages or accessing specific web content.

For example, Power BI is date format agnostic and will honor the setting in your browser. If your browser language is set to US English, it may cause date formatting issues.

![Figure: Date format incorrect due to unmodified web page language settings](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/45a1c7a2-ab73-4053-a3c6-3a19f09895fc)

Go to Browser Setting | Language | Select English (Australia) as the top priority language:

![Figure: Set English (Australia) as the top priority in the browser language settings](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b160fec5-dc18-4c5b-9210-2e7546fb5993)
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