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Xcode – SwiftUI DatePicker format is different on each device, how to make it always display the same chosen version?

SwiftUI DatePicker in my app is displayed in three different formats:

In Xcode Preview:

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In Simulator:

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On Device:

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I wonder, how will the users see it?

I want it to be displayed in the "14 Jul 2022" format, "Jul 14, 2022" is also fine, but I don’t like the "7/14/22" format.

Please help me – How can I do it?

EDIT: It’s even worse than that (although this happens only on the simulator) – the DatePicker uses different formats in different places in my app!

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  1. 0

    Try to set locale explicitly to DatePicker, like

    DatePicker(
    // ... other things

    displayedComponents: .date
)
.environment(.locale, Locale(identifier: "us"))  // << here !!

    Documentation:

    demo

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  2. 0

    The SwiftUI DatePicker adheres to the user’s locale and date settings. On iPhone, you can change them in the system settings General > Language & Region as well as General > Date & Time. Usually, you should not mess with the format of the DatePicker since if you hard-code a specific format a user from a different region may get confused.

    You can override the locale and thus the formatting if you really insist on overriding the user’s preference:

    DatePicker(…)
    .environment(.locale, Locale(…))
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