Documentation for JIRA 5.0. Documentation for other versions of JIRA is available too. 
The Look and Feel page allows you to customise the way times and dates are presented to users throughout the JIRA user interface.
When specifying dates and times, they should be based on the Java SimpleDateFormat.
When you are not in edit mode on the 'Look and Feel' page, the examples in the rightmost column of the Date/Time Formats section show you how the various formats will appear in JIRA.
Configuring date picker formats
JIRA system administrators can configure the format of date pickers used throughout the JIRA user interface via options on the Advanced Settings page.
Be aware that these options are different from the Date/Time Formats configuration options on the Look and Feel page, which only customise JIRA's presentation of times and dates to users.
The date or date/time formats for date pickers are defined by a pair of properties (one for Java and the other for JavaScript). The two properties in this Java/JavaScript pair must match in order for the date (or date/time) picker they define to function correctly.
- For Java formats, specify date/time formats based on the Java SimpleDateFormat.
- For JavaScript formats, specify date/time formats based on the Unix date format.
Here are some example US-based date configurations:
Preferred Date | Value of the | Value of the |
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Oct/1/10 |
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10/01/10 |
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Oct 1, 2010 |
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10/01/2010 |
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Here are some examples of date/time configurations:
Preferred Date/Time | Value of the | Value of the |
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15/Oct/10 8:50 AM |
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10/15/10 08:50 AM |
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