How do I change the date format of date input fields in Chrome?

The date format for <input type="date"> fields in my browser always show up using MM/dd/yyyy format. However not being American I prefer dd/MM/yyyy.

I have found several sources indicating this is dictated by the order of languages in "Language and input settings..." however this seems to have no effect. I have tried putting in, en_UK and en_AU above en_US. en_US cannot be removed from the list.

I am using Chrome Version 56.0.2924.87 (64-bit) on Linux Mint.

How do I change the date format of date input fields in Chrome?

1 Answer

You cannot.

There is no a HTML specification to change this.

I think you still must use a jQuery plugin.