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How to specify the date format in the date field type in Confluence Database?

Colin Sheppard
Contributor
June 20, 2025

 How to specify the date format in the date field type in Confluence Database please?

I tried to configure time and date formats with the General Configuration:

https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/configure-time-and-date-formats/

However, it still did not change the date format in the Confluence Database Date column.

For example, in the current database I am working on, it the date as

Jun 22, 2025

(MMM dd, YYYY)

I want it as

22 Jun, 2025

(dd MMM, YYYY)

How do I set this please in Confluence Database?

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Tomislav Tobijas
Community Champion
June 21, 2025

Hi @Colin Sheppard ,

This is (apparently) not yet supported.

There's an open feature request for it: CONFCLOUD-79687: Ability to set custom date/datetime format on the database fields 

I can see how this is not such a good end-user experience. We also write days before months when looking at dates. 👀

Anyway, I'd suggest leaving a vote and starting to watch this suggestion. Also, you can leave a comment related to your requirement.

Cheers,
Tobi

Tomislav Tobijas
Community Champion
June 21, 2025

Actually, I've just tested this, if you would navigate to https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/account-preferences and change language from, let's say, English (US) to English (UK), this would 'switch' months and days in the date formats (across Atlassian products; only for you). 👈

Again, this is a personal setting and I'm not sure if you can somehow set it 'globally' on the whole Confluence instance.

Colin Sheppard
Contributor
June 22, 2025

I am seeking this capability too. I am also surprised given Atlassian is an Australian Company (originally) that it was not included since the initial release of the feature.

I added my vote.

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Tomislav Tobijas
Community Champion
June 23, 2025

@Colin Sheppard yeah, might be implemented a bit better, but a note—databases were actually a Marketplace addon which Atlassian acquired back in 2023 and there have been some improvements and tweaks compared to the initial app.

More on that (and acquisition) here: The impossible is now possible with teamwork and Confluence’s latest features 

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