I like things to be organized, especially when it comes to things that I use every day. After the last update, the date format in IntelliJ IDEA was reset to the default settings. I found it because logs in the Git tool started to look unusual to me. This is a short tip on how to set up a date formatting in this IDE.

If you ever found yourself in a situation where your IntelliJ IDEA (or any other JetBrains product, I guess) was accidentally closed with all the projects at once – this tip is for you.