Question

How to change the date format automatically during the FlexiCapture 12 processing? For example, to convert the date from MM-DD-YYYY to DD-MM-YYYY.

Answer

To convert the date from one format to another use the Normalization settings in the Data tab of the Field Properties and specify the desired date format:

In case, the normalization doesn't always work correctly, it may be required to set the correct date formats order in the Field Properties -> Data tab -> Data type -> Edit -> Order of date components -> Setup:

The first date format in the list should be the one that is used in the documents. 

In case of using the Use first acceptable date format option FlexiCapture will always use the first suitable date format from this list to capture the date from the document, therefore it can capture the date in the wrong format if the date in the document can be treated as both MM-DD-YYYY and DD-MM-YYYY like in the following example: