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[WIP] Update date and time formats based on user profile language
Derive default date/time formats from user profile language
Jul 5, 2026
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TableViewDateColumnandTableViewTimeColumnwere resolving default formats from the app runtime language (set inPackage.appxmanifest), causing users to see formats likeMM/dd/yyyyand 12-hour clock even when their Windows language settings specified otherwise.Changes
TableViewTimeColumn: DefaultClockIdentifiernow reads fromGlobalizationPreferences.Clocks[0]instead ofDateTimeFormatter.LongTime.Clock, with fallback to"24HourClock".TableViewDateColumn: Added constructor that resolves the locale-aware short date pattern vianew DateTimeFormatter("shortdate", GlobalizationPreferences.Languages).Patterns[0], with fallback to"shortdate".TableViewTimeColumnTests: Updated defaultClockIdentifierassertion to match new logic.A German user with
de-DEin Windows Settings → Language will now seedd.MM.yyyyand 24-hour times regardless of the app's manifest default language.