Date Format

UserNeeds changes for IntuneL_PjDateFormat

Supported on SUPPORTED_Windows7 (defined in the Windows templates)

5568.1000

What it does

Specifies the format for displaying dates. Some information, such as time formats and the date separator, is set through the Control Panel. If you enable this setting, dates are displayed in the format you set. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the user's default setting is used.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key: software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\view

Why it needs changes for Intune

Policy references a Windows supportedOn definition.
ADMX-INTUNE-WINDOWS-SUPPORTEDON-REFERENCE

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
Date FormatDefault: Mon 1/31/00	Drop-down list	`date format`	1/31/00 12:33 PM`0` 1/31/00`1` 1/31/2000`20` January 31, 2000 12:33 PM`2` January 31, 2000`3` Jan 31 12:33 PM`4` Jan 31 '00`5` January 31`6` Jan 31`7` Mon 1/31/00 12:33 PM`8` Mon 1/31/00`9` Mon Jan 31, '00`10` Mon 12:33 PM`11` Mon Jan 31`15` Mon 1/31`16` Mon 31`17` 1/31`12` 31`13` 12:33 PM`14` W1/1`18` W1/1/00 12:33 PM`19`

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

Enabled · User · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\view]
"date format"=dword:00000009

PowerShell

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Date Format
# Name: L_PjDateFormat
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: proj16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\view' -Name 'date format' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 9

The OMA-URI is an inferred ADMX-backed Policy CSP candidate derived from the source ADMX file name and policy name.
Some Microsoft policies use built-in Policy CSP pages whose area names don't match the ADMX file name, so verify the candidate against Microsoft Learn before deployment.

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_proj16/L_PjDateFormat

ADMX SyncML candidate

<SyncML xmlns="SYNCML:SYNCML1.2">
  <SyncBody>
    <Replace>
      <CmdID>1</CmdID>
      <Item>
        <Meta>
          <Format>chr</Format>
          <Type>text/plain</Type>
        </Meta>
        <Target>
          <LocURI>./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_proj16/L_PjDateFormat</LocURI>
        </Target>
        <Data>&lt;enabled/&gt;
&lt;data id="L_pjdateformat3" value="10"/&gt;</Data>
      </Item>
    </Replace>
    <Final/>
  </SyncBody>
</SyncML>

Intune remediation scripts

Detection

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$reasons = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()

function Test-RegistryValueExists {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    return $null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}

function Test-RegistryValueEquals {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Kind,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Expected
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    $valueObject = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($null -eq $valueObject) {
        return $false
    }

    $actual = $valueObject.$Name
    switch ($Kind) {
        'String' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'ExpandString' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'DWord' { return [uint32]$actual -eq [uint32]$Expected }
        'QWord' { return [uint64]$actual -eq [uint64]$Expected }
        'MultiString' {
            $actualArray = @($actual)
            $expectedArray = @($Expected)
            if ($actualArray.Count -ne $expectedArray.Count) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Count; $index++) {
                if ([string]$actualArray[$index] -cne [string]$expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        'Binary' {
            $actualArray = [byte[]]$actual
            $expectedArray = [byte[]]$Expected
            if ($actualArray.Length -ne $expectedArray.Length) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Length; $index++) {
                if ($actualArray[$index] -ne $expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        default { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
    }
}

# Policy: Date Format
# Name: L_PjDateFormat
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: proj16.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\view' -Name 'date format' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 9
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\view\date format') | Out-Null
}

if ($reasons.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output 'Compliant'
    exit 0
}

$reasons | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_ }
exit 1

Remediation

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Date Format
# Name: L_PjDateFormat
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: proj16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\view' -Name 'date format' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 9

History 1 retained release

5568.100010 Aug 2026
- Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

Template

Internal name: L_PjDateFormat
Namespace: proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows
Template file: proj16.admx
Release: Microsoft 365 Apps 5568.1000 · file set 8be05d876aae137d…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="User" displayName="$(string.L_PjDateFormat)" explainText="$(string.L_PjDateFormatExplain)" key="software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\ms project\options\view" name="L_PjDateFormat" presentation="$(presentation.L_PjDateFormat)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PjView" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
      <elements>
        <enum id="L_pjdateformat3" valueName="date format">
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate0)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="0" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate1)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="1" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate20)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="20" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate2)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="2" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate3)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="3" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate4)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="4" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate5)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="5" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate6)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="6" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate7)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="7" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate8)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="8" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate9)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="9" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate10)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="10" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate11)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="11" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate15)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="15" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate16)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate17)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="17" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate12)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="12" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate13)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="13" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate14)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="14" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate18)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="18" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PjDate19)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="19" />
            </value>
          </item>
        </enum>
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="L_PjDateFormat" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <dropdownList defaultItem="10" noSort="true" refId="L_pjdateformat3">Date Format</dropdownList>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PjView
<category displayName="$(string.L_PjView)" name="L_PjView" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ProjectOptions" />
    </category>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Proj
<category displayName="$(string.L_Proj)" name="L_Proj" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ProjectOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_ProjectOptions)" name="L_ProjectOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proj" />
    </category>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_PjView
<category displayName="$(string.L_PjView)" name="L_PjView" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ProjectOptions" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_PjView">View</string></strings>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Proj
<category displayName="$(string.L_Proj)" name="L_Proj" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proj">Microsoft Project 2016</string></strings>
proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_ProjectOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_ProjectOptions)" name="L_ProjectOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proj" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="proj16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_ProjectOptions">Project Options</string></strings>