Microsoft needs to stop this default "Regional Format" thingy

[UniZebra]

They should give us the ability to change the regional formats manually

 

[colinkiama]

You can, just tap on it and a list should pop up. Problem solved lol

 

[UniZebra]

You can, just tap on it and a list should pop up. Problem solved lol

What are you talking about tap on what? Nothing happens if you tap on it

 

[hotphil]

Tapping on any of the boxes surrounded with a white line should bring up the menu for that box.
Or maybe setting EN-US as Swiss Australian has confused it

 

[UniZebra]

Tapping on any of the boxes surrounded with a white line should bring up the menu for that box.
Or maybe setting EN-US as Swiss Australian has confused it

I see why you two are confused, it's probably because I didn't explain well... You see I live in Switzerland but I don't speak German that well so I'd rather have my phone set on English (US) but the problem with english (US) is that by default it uses imperial system which I don't understand. So I had to set the regional format on Australia now you might ask why I don't set it on Switzerland, well the problem with that is that it shows the days in German format regardless of what's your phone language is... Only if we could manipulate the formats manually it would have been less complex

 

[colinkiama]

I see why you two are confused, it's probably because I didn't explain well... You see I live in Switzerland but I don't speak German that well so I'd rather have my phone set on English (US) but the problem with english (US) is that by default it uses imperial system which I don't understand. So I had to set the regional format on Australia now you might ask why I don't set it on Switzerland, well the problem with that is that it shows the days in German format regardless of what's your phone language is... Only if we could manipulate the formats manually it would have been less complex

Set the format to Ireland. Or maybe republic of ireland.

 

[jargonz]

I strongly agree that Microsoft should let users override the regional settings. This is not just to allow users to use the formats they like but also to allow users to correct the mistakes that Microsoft makes in the regional settings. For example, Microsoft has never got the Philippine regional settings right. I reported this to Microsoft several times. In Windows, setting the region to Philippines would set the measurement system to imperial even though the Philippines follows the metric system. At least in Windows, that could be corrected via a control panel dialog box. In Windows Mobile, that could be corrected via a registry setting. But in Windows Phone, we're stuck with the mistake.

Similarly, in Microsoft Office, setting the language to "English (Philippines)" would cause the spelling checker to use the British dictionary even though the English used in the Philippines is US English. The workaround is to just set the language to "English (US)".

When I did the online Windows 8 upgrade, I was shocked to find out that my old US English Windows version was upgraded to a British English Windows 8. Fortunately, Windows 8 allows users to change the language. But if I reset the Windows installation, it would revert to British English. Then I would have to change the language to US English again.

 

[UniZebra]

Set the format to Ireland. Or maybe republic of ireland.

Tomato Tomato

 

[colinkiama]

Tomato Tomato

Was your problem fixed?

 

[UniZebra]

Was your problem fixed?

not really

 

[gpizzato]

Same issue here:

Example 1

Language -> English (UK)
Region -> Country -> Germany
Region -> Regional format -> German (Germany)

Weekdays in the home screen, weather app,...all in German!!! Even though English (UK) is my selected language.

Example 2

Language -> English (UK)
Region -> Country -> Germany
Region -> Regional format -> match phone language

Currency set to pounds!!! I live in Germany and we have euros here....