iOS Formatting – How to Change Date Format

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I live in the U.S., so my region is in the U.S. I want to make the iPad use the following formats:

  • Fahrenheit for temperature
  • Kilometers for distance
  • USD for currency
  • YYYY-MM-DD date format
  • HH:mm 24-hour time format.

How do I set up iOS to respect these preferences of mine?

Best Answer

The time and date format can be set according to the generally accepted usage in a particular region in iOS devices.

Regions are selected in Settings>General>International>Region Format.

Sorry I misunderstood the question, I'm adding in the following more details.

Independently from the region you can always set the 24-hour time format in: Settings>General>Date & Time>24-Hour Time, the temperature scale in Weather options and the distance scale in: Settings>Maps.

Anyway, as far as I know, you can't set date format and/or currency, in a different way from the specified region.

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