Locale Date Converter
How is this date written elsewhere?
The same date in dozens of locales — short, medium, long and full — so you can see what your users will actually read, and where the ambiguity lies.
Questions people ask
The things that come up about locale date converters, answered plainly.
Why does the same date look so different by country?
Order, separators and language all vary: 16/07/2024 in Britain, 7/16/2024 in the US, 2024/7/16 in Japan, 16.07.2024 in Germany. Only ISO 8601 is unambiguous everywhere, which is why it belongs in your database and locale formatting belongs in your interface.
What about non-Gregorian calendars?
Locales that use them are shown with their own calendar where the browser supports it — Japanese eras, Buddhist years in Thailand, the Islamic and Hebrew calendars.
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