Free Teams is based in sunny Southern California, but we are trying to develop an international product that spans cultures and countries. We have been advertising in countries with a large English speaking population, and will hopefully get the Administration Panel and team websites translated in the future to reach an even larger population across the globe.
That being said, there are differences that need to be addressed before we go that far. The first we have tackled is Date Formatting. In the United States, it is common to see dates formatted as MM/DD/YYYY, whereas a few users have told me that in Europe it is more common to format dates as DD/MM/YYYY. Because of this, we have created an option for you to define how your dates show up on your team’s website. You can find this option on the Team & Site Settings page in the Options menu in the Administration Panel. I think we have found all the pages on the team sites where an ambiguous date is shown, but if you come across a page where it is not set correctly, please let me know.
You have probably noticed that the dates in the administration panel are in one format. That is YYYY-MM-DD (or YYYY/MM/DD). This is because computers use this format (along with the Japanese from what I’m told), as it is easier to sort by. We will continue to use this format in the Administration Panel independently of what you have set for your team’s Date Format.
I am sure there are a few other things on the site that differ dependent upon your location, but unfortunately I do not know what these are (and have little extra time to do research on them). So if you come across something that needs to be added to the Locale Settings, please let me know. Thanks.