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Display Regional Settings Used by Excel (Separators & Date Format)

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This tool displays the regional settings Excel currently uses on your system.
It shows:
  • Decimal separator (e.g., period or comma)
  • Thousand separator (e.g., comma, period or space)
  • List separator (e.g., comma or semicolon)
  • Date separator (e.g., slash, dot, or hyphen)
  • Date format order (e.g., day-month-year, month-day-year) These settings affect how Excel displays and interprets numbers, formula arguments, and dates. Knowing your current settings is important because mismatched or unexpected separators can lead to:
  • Incorrectly imported CSV or TXT files
  • Formula errors or miscalculations
  • Dates being misinterpreted (e.g., 03-04-2025 as March 4 or April 3)

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    Info & List  ›  20 Display Regional Settings Used by Excel (Separators & Date Format)
    Additional keywords for this tool:
    date format, Excel locale settings, region settings, formula separator, CSV import issues, Excel date issues, number formatting, system separators, troubleshoot separator problems, Excel regional configuration, international Excel settings, separator character, date interpretation



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