Short Date

The short date format (under storeadmin Administration tab > Site Settings > Short Date) to n/j/y format (which is the default format). Yours was set to Y-m-d format (using dashes instead of forward slashes to separate the month, day, year). I need to make this more clear.

The default short date format is what most people are accustom to: month / day / year

The n/j/y is an internal format which does not convey month / day /year, thus is confusing.

Note that in order to view orders in storeadmin, the format must used slashes (like 8/23/18), not dashes (like 8-23-18).

The short date is used in many places. They are listed below.

storeadmin

• coupon expiration date
• date entered field in items
•  order gift receipt
• guestbook date
•  packing list order date
• registry event date/due date
• sales report date sold
• stats date
• listing out temp inventory

store

• event calendar: date of event
• orders: ship date, order date
• registry: event date
• reviews: individual review date

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