Joe Billingham shows how to ensure that users see dates in the format most appropriate to them:
Which date format styles should we use if we are building a report that is being consumed internationally?
Remember, 01/12/2021 is December 1st or January 12th depending in which part of the world it is being read.
The decision may be taken from our hands if there is a company policy in place. If the company is based in the USA, for example, they may choose to use US formatted date fields as a standard for reporting across the entire business, however, if the field needs to be truly dynamic depending on the consumers location, the answer lies in this tool tip:
Click through to see how.