Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
This property configures the display of date and time formats based on user locale or global settings, impacting how users perceive date and time information. |
| What area does it affect? |
Date and Time Formatting |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default. |
| When should you review it? |
Review this property when adjusting user preferences or global date and time settings. |
Out of the box property record
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name |
glide.i18n.date_time.default_to_locale |
| Sys ID |
63086843b7211110d6c3911cde11a99a |
| Type |
boolean |
| Application |
Global |
| Default value |
false |
| Description |
Determines whether the platform will display dates and times formatted according to the user's locale. This only applies to users who have not selected a value for date or time format in their user preference. If set to false, dates and times will be formatted using the patterns set in the glide.sys.date_format and glide.sys.time_format properties. |
| Updated |
2025-11-20 14:03:35 |
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