Date language format

Appian stores date and datetime as a normal data type, independent of the chosen language. What kind of issues do you have when mapping, and what do you mean with "mapping"?

for example, when i run the function today(), it should return the date in english number. but appian return it in persian number because my user language is Arabic. this value is causing me errors when i pass it to an external webservice. do you have any suggestions?

Appian has a UI representation layer which translates any internal value into the user selected localization. Appian does not store any value in the language it shows on screen.

Can you share a few details about that web service and how you implement that?

Ahh i got you. I am creating an API that changes the numbers into English values then send it to the webservice. 

The webservice is from outsource company, it accepts the date in English with specific format "mmddyyyy". The only solution i got is to change the numbers through an API then map it with the webservice.

Thank you for your clarification, Stefan!

OK. The text() function might what you are looking for.

tried it, it didn't work with any format. the API has fixed it

To keep the date language in English while using the Arabic language in Appian, you can modify the date format settings in the Appian Admin Console.

Log in to the Appian Admin Console with administrator privileges.
Navigate to the "Localization" section.
Click on the "Date and Time Format" tab.
Scroll down to the "Date Formats" section and locate the "Calendar Date Format" field.
In the "Calendar Date Format" field, enter the following format: "MM/dd/yyyy".
Save the changes.
This should set the calendar date format to English regardless of the language selected in Appian.

Regards,

Rachel Gomez