Set field date format in bulk

Question

Hello all,

I would like to set the date format to only date and the dd.mm.yyyy format. It is possible to do that in the layer field settings under Number Format. However having a lot of layers and a lot of fields I would like to program to set all the date formats in bulk. Is that possible?

Thank you!

danretired · Answer

I don't do Portal.

With python you can set date formats to whatever you want.

Arcpy would wrap around what is available

Maybe the "arcgis" module ArcGIS API For Python | ArcGIS Developer

but I don't have much call to use it.

GeoguichetGeoguichet · Answer

Yes indeed its a problem of the Portal. So I need to make sure to define the format of the field in ArcGIS Pro before publishing. If I set it manually in the ArcGIS Pro, when published on the portal is in a good format. So instead of setting it manually I wonder how I can do it with arcpy or with ModelBuilder. Do you know if it is possible?

danretired · Answer

. .. .. ArcGIS Pro uses Python functions and the display format depends on your regional settings, rather than the underlying database's format on the system....

I wonder if it a portal issue then since Pro and python seem to have you covered for the display you want