The format string recognises these characters<br>
<pre>
d   2-digit day with leading zero
j   day without leading zero
F   long representation of month
m   2-digit month with leading zero
n   month without leading zero
M   short representation of month
y   2-digit year
Y   4-digit year
</pre>
Unrecognized characters in the format string will be displayed as-is.<br>
Examples of the format string and the formatted date<br>
<pre>
j F Y   6 April 2020
M j, y  Apr 6, 20
Y-m-d   2020-04-06
j/n/y   6/4/20
</pre>
<p>On some pages, such as Statistics Overview, the month name will be displayed in short representation regardless of this setting.</p>