Numbers Vers. 3.2.2 (date format possibilities missing)

I see no possibility to change the date format
... in numbers exists only the american standard .... month/date/year ... and it is not possible to have the date without a time ... and for some date related tables it makes no sense ... and the exportability ... the direct use in Excel is somehow ver bad ... I find.
There exits still a big world outside the USA ... !!! Please dear programmer look out in the world ... there are some other needs outside the states.
It is not possible to change in the european standard day/month/year with no time ...... (it would be nice to have adequate format to Excel !!)
I would be (and I guess many others very happy) when more possibilities of format settings would be available soon !!!
Thanks in advance ... I am waiting the day when I can remove Excel and all other Microsoft products form my apple computers, Ipad's and the iphone ....

We're just fellow users here. You can communicate with Apple via Numbers > Provide Numbers Feedback in your menu.
Numbers is quite international. In Help > Numbers Help and Formulas and Functions Help in your menu you can choose among more than 30 languages.
In addition to making changes in System Preferences, see this help entry for an explanation of how to create custom date-time formats.
SG

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