topic Re: Title Block Dates - mm/dd/yyyy format in Inventor Forum

Title Block Dates - mm/dd/yyyy format

BgilbertZ4ZGZ — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:15:21 GMT

My company is mainly a U.S. Based, but we have offices in Italy and Brazil; I was assigned with looking into the title block dates because there were discrepancies with the format. when Engineers in Italy checked files out from vault and made edits or changes; their Inventor, pulling their system dates would override ours. Going forward I really can only see two options to standardize the drawings first, have Italy change their system dates to the format we want to use or, some kind of formula inserted into the title blocks themselves to change the format of the date. Would I be correct in my line of thinking or am I missing something?

We already experimented with having one of the Engineers change their system date, even though it worked they almost immediately changed it back because of issues with other applications or software. It is looking like we would have to move forward with the formula options, would anyone have any experience with this?

Re: Title Block Dates - mm/dd/yyyy format

A.Acheson — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:05:02 GMT

I'm thinking this won't be possible with a manual approach. As it is the date format gets pulled from your system date. It would be nice if inventor had it's own native version but alas it doesn't. It will always be a manual modification on the user's end when working with data from different countries of origin.

If you change from using manual rev block to one controlled through ilogic you could convert the date or compare the date to thst of the drawing template and keep it consistent. If you need this more robust you would need an addin to do this work.

I use an ilogic rule to input a European date when using an American windows system. It ensures the current date is inputed, along with the user, description and an approved initial. It effectively recreates the manual rev box but also allows for common phrases on the comment section like approved for construction or modified as per comments.

Re: Title Block Dates - mm/dd/yyyy format

xenocatalyst — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:08:11 GMT

Hi Alan,

Could i please have a copy of your rule?

Re: Title Block Dates - mm/dd/yyyy format

GustavoGonzattoSchmitt — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:18:29 GMT

Has this been addressed by the developers?

Re: Title Block Dates - mm/dd/yyyy format

johnsonshiue — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:35:15 GMT

Hi! The date format is from the Windows Region setting. If you override the default format, it will become a text object, not subject to any formatting. I am sorry I am not seeing a bug to fix here.

Many thanks!

Re: Title Block Dates - mm/dd/yyyy format

GustavoGonzattoSchmitt — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:49:06 GMT

Hi, thanks for your reply!
I understand that customizing the Windows Region settings affects how date formats are interpreted, and that changing the format can turn the property into a text object.However, in my case, I need to use different date formats depending on the client, and unfortunately, Inventor doesn’t currently support this flexibility natively.

Even when I set the custom property in the IDW file as Text, it still appears as a Date in the form, which suggests a possible bug or inconsistency in how the property type is handled.

This limitation impacts workflows where regional formatting matters, so I believe this is a valuable opportunity for improvement in future updates of Inventor.

Thanks again!

Re: Title Block Dates - mm/dd/yyyy format

johnsonshiue — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 22:37:16 GMT

Hi! I have shared the discussion with the project team. And it has been reported as INVGEN-87018 for further investigation.

Many thanks!