Why does Budget for Mac OS X say I have an “Invalid date format”?
Fresh installations of Mac OS X sometimes have a bad default short date format. This applies to new computers sold within the U.S., computers sold in other countries, and computers that have had Mac OS X recently installed. Our software detects this bad short date format and asks you to correct it. Apple Computer, Inc. is aware of the problem and is working on a fix for a future version of Mac OS X. Follow these steps to fix your date format: • On 10.1 – 10.2.x: Open System Preferences, select the International pane, and switch to the Date tab. On 10.3 and later: Open System Preferences, select the International pane, switch to the Formats section, then click the “Customize…” date button. • On the Short Date section of the view, select a different format than you have now. Any different format will work. • Quit System Preferences to make sure that this change percolates through the system. • Open System Preferences, select the International pane, and set whatever date format you pref
