Outlook meeting invitations should show day of week in date.

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rrgmitchell - 06 Sep 2006 12:55 GMT

The header of a meeting invitation shows the date and time like this:

11 September 2006 12:15-13:45.

Suppose I have a regular commitment every Tuesday at 12:30. The first thing
I want to know is if the new invitation is a Tuesday. I have to go into the
calendar or do mental arithmetic to work out that 11th Sept is in fact a
Monday. Why not save me the trouble by displaying the date like this

Mon. 11 September 2006 12:15-13:45.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 06 Sep 2006 14:22 GMT

I am not sure I understand what you are asking for. Do you have your long
date format set to include the dddd token for the day,

When I send myself meeting invitations, the invite is labelled:

Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7:00 PM-7:30 PM.

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| The header of a meeting invitation shows the date and time like this:
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| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=77e807c2-49cb-4
209-aeb7-a309a92fc1ab&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring

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rrgmitchell - 06 Sep 2006 14:48 GMT

Milly, thanks for that response.

Ah. Does the "long date format" mean the one that's set up Windows-wide in
the Control Panel? If so, I'm probably knackered, as the Control Panel
defaults are likely reset by my company's overnight maintenance run. And
suppose I want it different for different apps?

Is there no way to configure the date format just for Outlook?

Regards,

Ron

> I am not sure I understand what you are asking for. Do you have your long
> date format set to include the dddd token for the day,
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 07 Sep 2006 02:09 GMT

No, Outlook uses Windows settings.

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||| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=77e807c2-49cb-4
209-aeb7-a309a92fc1ab&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring

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rrgmitchell - 07 Sep 2006 12:04 GMT

I changed the long date format in Control Panel / Regional Options and that
has indeed got me the date format that I want in meeting invitations. And the
change has survived the overnight system maintenance run, hooray!

Thanks for your help!

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 07 Sep 2006 15:48 GMT

You're welcome - glad the IT folks are not that controlling.

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| I changed the long date format in Control Panel / Regional Options
| and that has indeed got me the date format that I want in meeting
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||||| Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the
||||| message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=77e807c2-49cb-4
209-aeb7-a309a92fc1ab&dg=microsoft.public.outlook.calendaring

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