Change Date Format In Project Desktop. Under Project view pick an option from the Date format list. I have a client that has multiple regions and countries that utilize Project Server.
In the Tables list select Task or Resource select the table for which you want to format the date and then click Edit. Change the date format for a specific table On the View tab choose Tables More Tables. On the General page of the Project Options dialog click the Date Format pick list and select the 12809 setting or any other setting that does not include the time such as shown in Figure 1.
Some projects may be required to display the day and time format and others day and month so you have to keep changing the format each time you open a different project.
In the Date format list select the date format you want to use choose OK and then choose Apply. You can change the date format on the Project Options dialog box. Click on Date time. In the Exception type list click the type of date box you want to change and then select a pattern and color.