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English (UK) and English (US) options for Powerbi.com

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DJ on 10 Oct 2017 23:51:05

I have a Date field in Power BI Desktop that is formatted in the UK format of DD/MM/YYYY.
When I publish this to PowerBI.com the Date format reverts to US format of MM/DD/YYYY even if the field I use is formatted in the Modelling
If I choose a different language in PowerBI.com, for instance Portuguese which uses my desired DD/MM/YYYY format then it reformats the Date as wanted but of course the interface is now in another language.
Therefore I need English (UK) and English (US) options in the Settings window

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a9f91af9 4fbb-45b5-be08-0abc1d1af76f on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:45

RE: English (UK) and English (US) options for Powerbi.com

Another work around is to change the language settings of the pbix file itself.

Go to PBIX > File > Options and settings > Options > Current file > Regional settings > English (United Kingdom)

This will ensure that regardless of which machine is used to view the published dashboard, it will retain English (United Kingdom)

See link for more information.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/supported-languages-countries-regions

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a1c5f3f8 034b-4199-a0ac-be8cee2f407a on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:55

RE: English (UK) and English (US) options for Powerbi.com

The fact that English means English (US) is very frustrating. At a minimum the Language dropdown menu should be update to reflect the associated setting will be US rather than UK.

I stumbled on the work around using default browser language.

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3e2a9458 838a-45bd-bad4-a4eb58dd499f on 05 Jul 2020 23:44:34

RE: English (UK) and English (US) options for Powerbi.com

Power Bi online should have English (UK) option

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34178005 993e-4fe4-8f93-5670bad60680 on 05 Jul 2020 23:02:51

RE: English (UK) and English (US) options for Powerbi.com

I've now found a work-around
In the Power BI settings set the Language to: “Default (browser language)” and ensure the browser is set to “English (United Kingdom)”

I’m using Google Chrome to allow me to support multiple users, so I have to set each user to this in chrome://settings/

Still Microsoft should offer an "English (United Kingdom)" option

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c4439f19 9722-4e45-8a19-dd324f9f5dd4 on 05 Jul 2020 23:01:08

RE: English (UK) and English (US) options for Powerbi.com

Would also be good if PBI in general was more aware of how most people outside of US format dates.