Date Format for BEx report

Hi Gurus,
I have a report which will return the Posting Date and Document date in the mm/dd/yyyy format. I need this to be displayed in dd/mm/yyyy format. I need this to be done in the BEx level since this report will be automatically generated and emailed to user.
I promise will assign point for your kind answers.
Thank you

Hi Saravanan,
You can change Date format in your system.
Start->Settings->Control panal->Regional & language options-> Regional options->
customize->Date
Here change Date format from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy
Once u did it logoff from Bex and login again.

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