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Format of %DATE got changed, how can I switch back to the old format?

Or at least create a new ISODATE variable that outputs date in YYYY-MM-DD standard.

The format changed from DD-MM-YYYY to M-D-YY and this is causing a whole lot of trouble with my automations :-(

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Thanks for the report. Do you mean in the beta? What language do you have your Tasker set to? And your system?

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Honestly, having a guaranteed ISO8601 formatted date available (regardless of android or tasker settings) is probably a good idea regardless, since that's the preferred format for any sorting methods.

Yes, beta version.

My system is set to English UK, Tasker set to English.

I agree with Colin's reply, having a new variable for ISO 8601 (yyyy-mm-dd) makes sense in any case.

Thanks!

Thank you for your comment. Maybe I should make the %DATE variable have a fixed format like that instead of making it vary by locale?

Up to you. I it was up to me I would just do that, make the %DATE universal using yyyy-mm-dd format regardless of environment and locale.

And of course advice users of the new format on the change logs :-)

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@Joao

In my opinion it's better to create another variable to avoid breaking working scripts.

Yeah, I really don't want to break existing implementations

The current beta already broke it, that was the only reason I came up with this feature request.

So you'll also need to revert the changes before pushing to stable :-)

Can you please try the new beta? Does that make it work like before?

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