# Docusign date format

**URL:** <https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/docusign-date-format/3369>\
**Category:** T1\
**Created:** [April 18, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/docusign-date-format/3369 "2020-04-18T09:52:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arliss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/arliss/32/52_2.png) [@Arliss](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Arliss)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 9:52am UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/docusign-date-format/3369/1 "2020-04-18T09:52:44Z")

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I cannot seem to get the date format as YYYY/MM/DD on T183’s using Docusign. Have set it up in Docusign as suggested by Cam in the video but mine are always M/DD/YYYY.

Is this something I have got messed up or are others noticing the same thing?

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**Author:** ![TimParris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/timparris/32/240_2.png) [@TimParris](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/TimParris)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/docusign-date-format/3369/2 "2020-04-18T14:30:56Z")

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Docusign uses the US format for dating. I had a discussion with them several years ago when I used them earlier. This was the straw for me.

Set the date yourself in TaxCycle.

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**Author:** ![Arliss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/arliss/32/52_2.png) [@Arliss](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Arliss)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/docusign-date-format/3369/3 "2020-04-18T14:53:02Z")

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Does not seem to matter how it is in Taxcycle.

Comes back as described.

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**Author:** ![verlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@verlin](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/verlin)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/docusign-date-format/3369/4 "2020-04-18T17:39:49Z")

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Double checked one here and they seem to be coming back fine with YYYY/MM/DD. I’d have to look back but I remember making a change he recommended in the first webinar on the Docusign side of things and it worked thereafter on all new ones we sent out.

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**Author:** ![Arliss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/arliss/32/52_2.png) [@Arliss](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Arliss)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/docusign-date-format/3369/5 "2020-04-18T17:58:16Z")

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Thanks for checking.

I believe I have done that. Watched it twice to make sure. That is my setting on my computer regularly as well. I wonder if it is like a double negative. Maybe I need to remove that setting in Docusign. Will experiment.

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**Author:** ![Arliss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.protaxcommunity.com/arliss/32/52_2.png) [@Arliss](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/u/Arliss)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.protaxcommunity.com/t/docusign-date-format/3369/6 "2020-04-18T18:39:46Z")

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Found the problem.

There are at least two spots when I sign in to Docusign account where you can change the setting.

The one under my profile did not seem to accomplish anything.  
The other under Admin did the trick.