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How to change the date and time format of the mail Received field in Outlook?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2024-07-26

Outlook allows you to customize the date and time format of the 'mail received' field to better suit your preferences or regional settings. This adjustment can enhance how you view and manage your emails. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to change the date format of the 'mail received' date in Outlook, as demonstrated in the following screenshots.

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Change the date and time format of the mail received field in Outlook

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To change the date format of the 'mail received' date in Outlook

1. Please navigate to the mail folder in which you want to change its date format. For example, if you want to change the date format of the Inbox folder, please navigate to the Inbox folder first.

2. Please click View > View Settings.

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3. And then please go to change the date format of the 'mail received' date as screenshots show. Click Format Columns> Received > Choose a date format > OK.

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4. All emails in the Inbox folder will be displayed in the date format after clicking OK in the Advanced View Settings: Compact dialog box. See screenshots:

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Note: it will only change the date format of a specific mail folder according to the above steps. If you want to apply the same date format to multiple mail folders, you can change the date format of one mail folder first and then apply the current view of the mail folder to others by using Apply Current View to Other Mail Folders… as follows.

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How to add the option of display hours, minutes, and seconds in the received column
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"Date and time"? I just see the date, I'd like both date and time to be displayed near each message? How can I do it? Thanks
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I cannot pick up date and time of my AOL sent mail is received by clicking on the email of the receiver who has AOL
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How can I put the most resent emails at the top?
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Click on the "Date Received" column. If it's in the wrong order then click it again.
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Is there anyway to get both the time and date on there? Not just one or the other!
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