Customized date & time formatting proposal
My idea is to allow us to customize which clock/time formats and date formats we have displayed when logged into our accounts, and have this be separate from our chosen language or even chosen sub-language. Say an American person or American streamer is dating another streamer from a different country, for instance a an American streamer living in the US is dating an Australian streamer living in Australia. They sometimes collaborate, not always in person but sometimes from afar, and it could get confusing when they need to plan and check their schedules on the site, because the Australian might be more accustomed to D/M/YYYY than M/D/YYYY, since that is standard in AU, while American use M/D/YYYY.

That is just ONE example of where this would be super useful and convenient.

Also, the ability to display month days instead, for instance on schedule, for people who are not good with numbers for whatever reason that might be. That would be not so much a localization issue but instead accessibility, but I know many people with some form of mild to severe dyscalculia or dyslexica, where it would help them a lot if it instead could say January 1, Jan 1, 1 January, 1 Jan or some other way. Discerning and processing numerical date formats,[1][2][3][4] like 12/4/2026, is one of the most common real-world challenges for someone with dyscalculia.[1] And it can be tough, even impossible, for people without this condition too, because unless one of the two numbers exceeds the number 12, it could be a myriad of days or months. Take 4/2/2026 as an example. Is this 4th of February 2026 (DD/MM), or is it 2nd of April 2026? (MM/DD).

We CAN run into the issue of having so many different ways to customize stuff that it might confuse more than help. For that reason, perhaps this should be togglable as an Advanced Date/Time/Localization customization mode.

I admit I also have a slight bit an annoyance at the fact that I can't be using English US but also Danish 24-hour clock and Danish date format. Why US English, though, and not English UK which already at least have the same format that many Danes use, with the order D(D)/M(M)/YYYY (though, to be precise, Danish format often tends to instead be D(D)-M(M)-'YYYY, but I digress!) and a 24-hour clock, however pretty all guides online for Twitch, including the official ones, use US English spelling rather than UK/AU/CA English, and if someone used AI, too, to figure out how to do something, it might also use US English spelling, and I tend to use CTRL+F to search for words or phrases on pages a lot of the time, so being able to simply copy paste the US English words and phrases and find them on the page is a must for me. Plus I like to use services in their original "languages" if possible.

That is all. I hope that this is not too much to ask, and I hope it is useful for improving the site!

Scientific literature
* 1. Vigna G, Ghidoni E, Burgio F, Danesin L, Angelini D, Benavides-Varela S, Semenza C. Dyscalculia in Early Adulthood: Implications for Numerical Activities of Daily Living. Brain Sci. 2022 Mar 11;12(3):373. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12030373. PMID: 35326329; PMCID: PMC8946289. LINK: https://nih.gov
** DESCRIPTION: This study utilized the Numerical Activities of Daily Living (NADL) battery to evaluate adults with developmental dyscalculia (DD). It explicitly proved that adults with DD have pronounced, statistically significant difficulties with time estimation and real-world numerical tracking compared to control groups. It confirms that everyday tasks involving schedules, calendars, and numeric time markers are significantly compromised in dyscalculia.
* 2. Handelsman N, Dotan D. Reading numbers is hard, and the difficulty is a syntactic one: a descriptive analysis of number-reading patterns in readers with and without dysnumeria. Cogn Res Princ Implic. 2025 Dec 9;10(1):84. doi: 10.1186/s41235-025-00694-7. PMID: 41366123; PMCID: PMC12690019. LINK: https://nih.gov
** DESCRIPTION: This paper explores transcoding deficits and dysnumeria. It highlights that the primary source of difficulty when people misread numerical formats is processing the syntax of the numbers. When a person looks at a date format like 10/11 or 11/10, their brain has to process the numerical syntax and spatial order. For a dyscalculic individual, this lack of automatic symbolic processing leads to immediate inversion errors and directional confusion.
* 3. Cappelletti M, Freeman ED, Cipolotti L. Time Processing in Dyscalculia. Front Psychol. 2011 Dec 20;2:364. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00364. PMID: 22194731; PMCID: PMC3243078. LINK: https://nih.gov
** DESCRIPTION: This research establishes that developmental dyscalculia impacts cognitive domains outside basic calculations, specifically highlighting that individuals frequently self-report profound real-world difficulties with time management and scheduling. It underscores the critical breakdown that occurs when numerical symbols are used interchangeably to map chronological time, validating user anxiety around abstract timeline planning.
* 4. Anobile G, Cicchini GM, Gasperini F, Guerrieri M, Burr DC. Auditory time perception impairment in children with developmental dyscalculia. Res Dev Disabil. 2024 May;148:104659. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2024.104659. Epub 2024 Feb 24. PMID: 38402220; PMCID: PMC11155440. LINK: https://nih.gov
** DESCRIPTION: This study expands the understanding of dyscalculia as a multi-componential magnitude disorder. It proves that cognitive barriers extend heavily into temporal domains, meaning that processing non-spatial magnitudes like time scales, planning sequential calendars, and managing numerical date frameworks are significantly compromised compared to neurotypical peers.