Add a 'Custom - strftime' option dateformat and TimeFormat dateformat DateFormatString Format dates using [Custom - strftime] where format string is [] See man 3 strftime for format options This would allow us much more flexibility in date format, e.g. if dateformat = "custom" DateFormatString = "%d-%b-%Y" %d The day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31). %b The abbreviated month name according to the current locale. %Y The year as a decimal number including the century. Would display the date 2016-10-14 as 14-Oct-2016