Date format in TYPO3 backend can be customized with:: $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['ddmmyy'] $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['hhmm'] Rendering is done by ``TYPO3\CMS\Backend\UtilityBackendUtility::datetime`` Example value:: 'ddmmyy' => 'Y-m-d',