Answers.Body: <p>Paul, when I change the Locale setting to British English (en_gb) <strong>within the database</strong>, the Post Date field's date-format changes to dd/mm/yyyy.</p>
  
  <p>In DB: databaseName > <strong>craft_locales</strong> > Change "en" to "en_gb"</p>
  
  <p>Let us know how you get on :)</p>
  
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Answers.Text: This is weird, I did have my locale set to en_gb already and I just tried the dd/mm/yyyy format in my form and it worked. But previous tests only worked with mm/dd/yyyy format, which I got from a couple of other SE threads. Anyway sorted now thanks.
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Body: <p>From other threads and my own tests a date field needs to be input in the format of 10/15/2012 (mm/dd/yyyy). But that's not very "British", is there any way to modify it?</p>
  
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Title: Is it possible to modify the input format for dates in front end form?
ThreadText: # Is it possible to modify the input format for dates in front end form?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-01)
  
  From other threads and my own tests a date field needs to be input in the format of 10/15/2012 (mm/dd/yyyy). But that's not very "British", is there any way to modify it?
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-13. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  username_0, when I change the Locale setting to British English (en\_gb) **within the database**, the Post Date field's date-format changes to dd/mm/yyyy.
  
  In DB: databaseName > **craft\_locales** > Change "en" to "en\_gb"
  
  Let us know how you get on :)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: This is weird, I did have my locale set to en_gb already and I just tried the dd/mm/yyyy format in my form and it worked. But previous tests only worked with mm/dd/yyyy format, which I got from a couple of other SE threads. Anyway sorted now thanks.  
  > **username_1**: Glad it worked @username_0!  
  
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