diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/insert.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/insert.rs
index 76bc5359..57fb2f7c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/insert.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/insert.rs
@@ -449,6 +449,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(undo(&s), before + 1);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn a_long_british_date_puts_the_day_first() {
+        let mut s = session();
+        edit_title(&mut s);
+        let v = s.execute("insert.dateTime", &json!({"format": "datetime4", "update": false, "language": "en-GB"})).unwrap();
+        let text = v["text"].as_str().unwrap().to_string();
+        assert!(text.chars().next().is_some_and(|c| c.is_ascii_digit()) && !text.contains(','), "{text}");
+        let v = s.execute("insert.dateTime", &json!({"format": "datetime4", "update": false, "language": "en-US"})).unwrap();
+        assert!(v["text"].as_str().is_some_and(|t| t.contains(',')), "{v}");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_named_format_in_french_and_a_bad_value_change_nothing() {
         let mut s = session();
diff --git a/crates/text/src/datetime.rs b/crates/text/src/datetime.rs
index 953aec4a..e2f6b23c 100644
--- a/crates/text/src/datetime.rs
+++ b/crates/text/src/datetime.rs
@@ -104,11 +104,20 @@ pub fn field_text(kind: &str, lang: Option<&str>, now: DateTime) -> Option<Strin
     let ampm = if now.hour < 12 { "AM" } else { "PM" };
     let (mi, s) = (now.minute, now.second);
     let short = short_date(&lang, now);
+    // British-style English writes the day before the month ("9 October 2026"). The punctuation
+    // follows PowerPoint on Windows per locale: Irish English has no comma after the weekday,
+    // British and Australian English put one after the month in `datetime3`, and South African
+    // English writes the weekday form day first too.
+    let day_first = matches!(lang.as_str(), "en-gb" | "en-au" | "en-nz" | "en-ie" | "en-in");
     let named = |text: String| english.then_some(text);
     match kind {
         "datetime" | "datetimeFigureOut" | "datetime1" => Some(short),
+        "datetime2" if lang == "en-ie" => named(format!("{day} {d} {month} {y}")),
+        "datetime2" if day_first || lang == "en-za" => named(format!("{day}, {d} {month} {y}")),
         "datetime2" => named(format!("{day}, {month} {d}, {y}")),
+        "datetime3" if matches!(lang.as_str(), "en-gb" | "en-au") => named(format!("{d} {month}, {y}")),
         "datetime3" => named(format!("{d} {month} {y}")),
+        "datetime4" if day_first => named(format!("{d} {month} {y}")),
         "datetime4" => named(format!("{month} {d}, {y}")),
         "datetime5" => named(format!("{d}-{mon}-{yy:02}")),
         "datetime6" => named(format!("{month} {yy:02}")),
@@ -183,7 +192,32 @@ mod tests {
         // Month names in another language: not computed (the field keeps its saved text).
         assert_eq!(field_text("datetime2", Some("de-DE"), FRI), None);
         assert_eq!(field_text("datetime12", Some("fr-FR"), FRI), None);
-        assert_eq!(field_text("datetime4", Some("en-GB"), FRI).as_deref(), Some("October 9, 2026"));
+        assert_eq!(field_text("datetime4", Some("en-GB"), FRI).as_deref(), Some("9 October 2026"));
+        assert_eq!(field_text("datetime2", Some("en-GB"), FRI).as_deref(), Some("Friday, 9 October 2026"));
+        assert_eq!(field_text("datetime4", Some("en-AU"), FRI).as_deref(), Some("9 October 2026"));
+        assert_eq!(field_text("datetime4", Some("en-US"), FRI).as_deref(), Some("October 9, 2026"));
+    }
+
+    /// The long English dates as PowerPoint on Windows shows them on Tuesday 27 October 2026, read
+    /// per run language (datetime2, datetime3, datetime4).
+    #[test]
+    fn long_english_dates_follow_each_locale() {
+        let tue = DateTime::new(2026, 10, 27, 9, 0, 0);
+        let rows = [
+            ("en-US", "Tuesday, October 27, 2026", "27 October 2026", "October 27, 2026"),
+            ("en-GB", "Tuesday, 27 October 2026", "27 October, 2026", "27 October 2026"),
+            ("en-AU", "Tuesday, 27 October 2026", "27 October, 2026", "27 October 2026"),
+            ("en-NZ", "Tuesday, 27 October 2026", "27 October 2026", "27 October 2026"),
+            ("en-IE", "Tuesday 27 October 2026", "27 October 2026", "27 October 2026"),
+            ("en-IN", "Tuesday, 27 October 2026", "27 October 2026", "27 October 2026"),
+            ("en-CA", "Tuesday, October 27, 2026", "27 October 2026", "October 27, 2026"),
+        ];
+        for (lang, d2, d3, d4) in rows {
+            assert_eq!(field_text("datetime2", Some(lang), tue).as_deref(), Some(d2), "{lang}");
+            assert_eq!(field_text("datetime3", Some(lang), tue).as_deref(), Some(d3), "{lang}");
+            assert_eq!(field_text("datetime4", Some(lang), tue).as_deref(), Some(d4), "{lang}");
+        }
+        assert_eq!(field_text("datetime2", Some("en-ZA"), tue).as_deref(), Some("Tuesday, 27 October 2026"));
     }
 
     #[test]