Query on Date Format

Our customer wishes all the dates to accepted & displayed in the format dd-mmm-yy format (E.g. 10-Oct-11), both on the screen and in reports. How to change the date format? What are the implications of the change in date format. The system is still in the BPP phase. The reason for this customer request is that, they are worried that when they download any report into Excel format, the date will appear in the mm-dd-yyyy format, if it is accepted in SAP in dd-mm-yyyy format. Is this true? I am a bit confused. Please help me.
-Shambvi

Hi Shambvi,
You can change it based on user name via SU3 (Su01) - defaults - Date format.
It is only representation, so doesn't have an impact on system in general.
To change it system wide, go to SPRO - SAP Netweaver - General settings - Set countries - Define countries - Double click relevant country code - change date format.
Regards,
Dilek
Edited by: Dilek Adak on Oct 10, 2011 9:05 AM

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