Picker Format Issue

[ankitbacancy]

Describe the bug
For date only picker, the format of picker in iOS and Android is different.

In iOS, It appears with DD MM YYYY format,

In Android, it appears with MM DD YYYY format,

Expected behavior
The format should be the same for both iOS and Android pickers.

Code to regenerate the issue

import React, { useState } from 'react'
import { Button } from 'react-native'
import DatePicker from 'react-native-date-picker'

export default () => {
  const [date, setDate] = useState(new Date())
  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)

  return (
    <>
      <Button title="Open" onPress={() => setOpen(true)} />
      <DatePicker
        modal
        mode="date"
        open={open}
        date={date}
        onConfirm={(date) => {
          setOpen(false)
          setDate(date)
        }}
        onCancel={() => {
          setOpen(false)
        }}
      />
    </>
  )
}

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• OS: iOS 17.4 & Android 14
• React Native version 0.72.4
• react-native-date-picker version 4.3.7

[henninghall]

please provide a fully runnable code example

[ankitbacancy]

@henninghall Updated the code.

[henninghall]

What locale / language is in use in the two different phones?

[ankitbacancy]

@henninghall It's default en .

[HaiderTWJ]

You need to use locale prop and pass locale="en-GB". You will be able to see same format on both platforms.

[ankitbacancy]

You need to use locale prop and pass locale="en-GB". You will be able to see same format on both platforms.

I have already tried and it didn't work.

[henninghall]

Please send screenshots of the system language/time settings on each phone