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  • 1.  Date formats

    Posted 04-08-2026 01:24

    I am based in New Zealand.

    I set my conference to Australia as there is no New Zealand able to be picked - I can live with that.

    What is frustrating is that in the speakers' portal the speaking times are shown in the US format - mm/dd/yyyy .

    The dates are entered in the NZ/ Australian format of dd/mm/yyyy so why can't this be shown in the 'correct' format in the speakers portal?


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    Karen McLean
    Director
    Conference Makers LimitedNew Zealand
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  • 2.  RE: Date formats

    Posted 04-13-2026 10:29

    Hi Karen,

    I completely understand how frustrating that mismatch is. Right now, the Speaker Resource Center is unfortunately hard‑coded to use a US English date format (MM/DD/YYYY) and isn't yet tied to the event's locale settings, so even when your event is configured for Australia/NZ, the speaker portal will still show dates in the US format.

    I have shared this as product feedback on your behalf; better localization for SRC (including support for DD/MM/YYYY or long‑form dates) is a known improvement area. In the meantime, a common workaround is to add a short note in the speaker portal (for example, in a text/widget area or within the task descriptions) explicitly stating that "Dates are shown in MM/DD/YYYY format" so speakers know how to interpret session times and deadlines.



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    Megan Burns
    Customer Success Manager
    Cvent
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  • 3.  RE: Date formats

    Posted 04-13-2026 18:00

    Thank you – that is what I have done – but I can't be the only person with this issue – fingers crossed for a fix.

     

    With thanks Karen

     

    Karen McLean

    Conference Makers Limited

    67 Vigor Brown Street

    Napier 4110

    P: 06 833 7440

    C: 027 233 6353

     

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