Incorrect date format on save games (mm/dd/yyyy)

[globau]

When loading a save game its date is displayed in mm/dd/yyyy format.

As the United States is the only country exclusively using this date format ¹ it's a bug when it is used outside of the US.

Perhaps the date format could be changed one of the following:

• Use an unambiguous format, such as spelling out the month (Oct 1 2018 or 1 Oct 2018) or yyyy/mm/dd (2018/10/01)
• Query the system for the current user's date format and honour that on all platforms

¹ United States, Micronesia (a US associated state), and the Marshall Islands (geographically part of Micronesia)

[BlackSmokeDMax]

As someone from the US, I fully support a move to the yyyy/mm/dd format.

I started using this at my business a while back mostly because the sorting on computers is so much more useful.

[Cieper]

• Use an unambiguous format, such as spelling out the month (Oct 1 2018 or 1 Oct 2018) or yyyy/mm/dd (2018/10/01)

Relevant XKCD https://xkcd.com/1179/

[Kenneth]

Report moved to mantis.
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