diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/date.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/date.js
index a84c58f88..ccd7fc362 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/date.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/date.js
@@ -662,20 +662,43 @@ Zotero.Date = new function(){
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * Figure out the date order from the output of toLocaleDateString()
+	 * Get the order of the date components based on the current locale
 	 *
 	 * Returns a string with y, m, and d (e.g. 'ymd', 'mdy')
 	 */
 	function getLocaleDateOrder(){
 		if (!_localeDateOrder) {
-			switch (Zotero.locale.substr(3)) {
+			switch (Zotero.locale.substr(-2)) {
+				// middle-endian
 				case 'US': // The United States
+				case 'BZ': // Belize
 				case 'FM': // The Federated States of Micronesia
-				case 'PW':	// Palau
+				case 'PA': // Panama
 				case 'PH':	// The Philippines
+				case 'PW':	// Palau
+				case 'ZW': // Zimbabwe
 					_localeDateOrder = 'mdy';
 					break;
-					
+				
+				// big-endian
+				case 'fa': // Persian
+				case 'AL': // Albania
+				case 'CA': // Canada
+				case 'CN': // China
+				case 'HU': // Hungary
+				case 'JP': // Japan
+				case 'KE': // Kenya
+				case 'KR': // Korea
+				case 'LT': // Lithuania
+				case 'LV': // Latvia
+				case 'MN': // Mongolia
+				case 'SE': // Sweden
+				case 'TW': // Taiwan
+				case 'ZA': // South Africa
+					_localeDateOrder = 'ymd';
+					break;
+				
+				// little-endian
 				default:
 					_localeDateOrder = 'dmy';
 			}
diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/itemTreeView.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/itemTreeView.js
index 239db0734..28b23a814 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/itemTreeView.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/itemTreeView.js
@@ -759,6 +759,18 @@ Zotero.ItemTreeView.prototype.getCellText = function(row, column)
 		case 'zotero-items-column-accessDate':
 			if (val) {
 				var order = Zotero.Date.getLocaleDateOrder();
+				if (order == 'mdy') {
+					order = 'mdy';
+					var join = '/';
+				}
+				else if (order == 'dmy') {
+					order = 'dmy';
+					var join = '.';
+				}
+				else if (order == 'ymd') {
+					order = 'YMD';
+					var join = '-';
+				}
 				var date = Zotero.Date.sqlToDate(val, true);
 				var parts = [];
 				for (var i=0; i<3; i++) {
@@ -767,16 +779,28 @@ Zotero.ItemTreeView.prototype.getCellText = function(row, column)
 							parts.push(date.getFullYear().toString().substr(2));
 							break;
 							
+						case 'Y':
+							parts.push(date.getFullYear());
+							break;
+						
 						case 'm':
 							parts.push((date.getMonth() + 1));
 							break;
-							
+						
+						case 'M':
+							parts.push(Zotero.Utilities.lpad((date.getMonth() + 1).toString(), '0', 2));
+							break;
+						
 						case 'd':
 							parts.push(date.getDate());
 							break;
+						
+						case 'D':
+							parts.push(Zotero.Utilities.lpad(date.getDate().toString(), '0', 2));
+							break;
 					}
 					
-					val = parts.join('/');
+					val = parts.join(join);
 					val += ' ' + date.toLocaleTimeString();
 				}
 			}