diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/ExportCommandBase.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/ExportCommandBase.cs
index 8301e70..6064389 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/ExportCommandBase.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/ExportCommandBase.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public abstract class ExportCommandBase : TokenCommandBase
         "dateformat",
         Description = "Format used when writing dates."
     )]
-    public string DateFormat { get; init; } = "dd-MMM-yy hh:mm tt";
+    public string DateFormat { get; init; } = "MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt";
 
     [CommandOption(
         "fuck-russia",
diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/SettingsService.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/SettingsService.cs
index 8b72cd3..0a81203 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/SettingsService.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/SettingsService.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public partial class SettingsService : SettingsManager
 
     public bool IsTokenPersisted { get; set; } = true;
 
-    public string DateFormat { get; set; } = "dd-MMM-yy hh:mm tt";
+    public string DateFormat { get; set; } = "MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt";
 
     public int ParallelLimit { get; set; } = 1;