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Note:

• The settings in the Default User Settings panel apply to the accounts of people who are entirely new to Groups.io at the time they join your group—that is, people who, before joining this group, had not joined any other group at that email address (or had otherwise set these preferences in their own Groups.io account settings).
• This panel does not appear in subgroups because someone must be a member of the parent group before joining a subgroup, and the act of joining the parent group creates the member's Groups.io account if it does not exist and populates the account with the default user settings at that point. Therefore, default user settings are not needed for subgroups.

! Important: Setting changes take effect after you click or tap the Update Settings button at the bottom of the page.

Language Preference

This setting specifies the default language in which the group website and notifications are displayed. But be aware that group members can change it individually in their account preferences.

Note:

• Changing the group's default language will not affect the setting for individual group members who have changed the default language in their accounts.
• If you change the default language in a group that has subgroups, the default language in those subgroups will be changed automatically to the new language. 
• If you notice any translation errors, or if you are interested in contributing to Groups.io’s internationalization efforts, see Language Support.

Timezone

This setting specifies the timezone to use for displaying times on Groups.io websites.

Note: If you, the group owner, set a timezone in your Groups.io account preferences, new groups you create will have that timezone by default. Otherwise, the default timezone is U.S./Canada Pacific Time (UTC-08:00 or UTC-07:00 depending on whether Daylight Saving Time is in effect).

Time Display

This setting specifies whether times on Groups.io websites are displayed in standard (12-hour) or military (24-hour) format.

Date Display

This setting specifies how numerical dates are displayed on Groups.io websites.

Monday Start

Select this checkbox to display Groups.io calendars with Monday, rather than Sunday, as the first day of the week. (In countries outside the United States, calendar weeks often start on Monday instead of Sunday.)