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 - [Hiding Dashboards from the Sidebar](./guides/hiding_dashboards_from_sidebar)
 - [Customising the search](./guides/customising_search)
+- [Customizing date, datetime, and time formats](./guides/date_time_formats)
 - [Scoping HasMany Relations](./guides/scoping_has_many_relations.md)
 - [Switching templates with view variants](./guides/switching_templates_with_view_variants.md)
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+---
+title: Customizing date, datetime, and time formats
+---
+
+Administrate uses its own default I18n formats for date, datetime, and time
+fields. This lets you customize formats in the admin interface without
+changing the formats used elsewhere in your application.
+
+Add the following keys to the relevant locale file:
+
+```yml
+en:
+  date:
+    formats:
+      administrate_date_default: "%m/%d/%Y"
+  time:
+    formats:
+      administrate_datetime_default: "%a, %b %-d, %Y at %r"
+      administrate_time_default: "%I:%M%p"
+```
+
+For example, a Japanese locale can place AM/PM before the time:
+
+```yml
+ja:
+  time:
+    formats:
+      administrate_time_default: "%p %I:%M"
+```
+
+To use an I18n format for an individual dashboard attribute, pass its name as
+a symbol to `format` with `with_options`:
+
+```ruby
+ATTRIBUTE_TYPES = {
+  published_at: Field::DateTime.with_options(format: :short),
+}.freeze
+```
+
+Passing a format string to `format` continues to use that string directly:
+
+```ruby
+ATTRIBUTE_TYPES = {
+  published_at: Field::DateTime.with_options(format: "%Y-%m-%d"),
+}.freeze
+```
+
+If an Administrate-specific format is not configured, Administrate uses Rails'
+existing default format.