I tested and it is the Short Date Format in Windows that affects how it displays. Unfortunately there are only a few options for that setting and none include anything beyond numbers or month abbreviations. I also second having more control over the date and time! Would love to have "Wed Nov-12-2011" or something with the day of the week. Really we just need the ability to put the format however we want like you can with d's, m's, y's, t's, s's, etc (dd-mmm-yyy, d-m-yy, t:s, etc).