Svein Erling Tysvaer wrote:

>
> Could it be that the user have changed the date format through the
> control panel - either through changing the format itself or the
> language (changing the language can change the date format as well)?

No need to use the control panel - just pressing "Shift+Alt" together
(on the left side of the keyboard) switches between DE and US (or
whatever you may have configured).

Would relate to "cleaning the keyboard" indeed... :-)

-Matt