Ical stuck on US date format

Since I upgraded to Version 2.0.3 (1058) which came with my new MacBook the date format in the info pane is stuck at MM/DD/YY while I have selected DD.MM.YY in the International settings and it works elsewhere.
Any ideas?

I had customised the "short date" format in "International" System Preferences.
Apparently something went wrong there. I managed to clear
this by selecting a regional setting and then customising it again. Problem solved, but no idea what caused it in the first place.
Daniel

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