When I type out numbers in a sentence (August 10, 2023), 2023 jumps in front of 10. Why??

[designlyon21]

When I type out numbers in a sentence (August 10, 2023), 2023 jumps in front of 10. Why??

Here is a screenshot:

I have tried uninstalling, restarting, etc.

[designlyon21]

I wonder if it has to do with settings being in Arabic? Even when I change it in preferences to English USA it doesn't help. 

[Peter Spier · Accepted solution]

Where did you change the language setting. It has to be done at the character level -- select the text and change the assigned language or change it in the applied style. Many users mistakenly believe choosing a language in the prefs sets it, but those settings only choose which dictionary will be used for any given language that is assigned at the character level.

[Joel Cherney]

I think your suspicion is really close. It's not set in Arabic, if you set it to English US. However, it's possible to still be in RTL paragraph direction when en_US is assigned. That's what it looks like to me, what with the numerals rendering as en_US but the comma and space are acting like they're set to behave right-to-left. Do you have a button in your Paragraph panel that will let you change its direction? 

[Joel Cherney · Accepted solution]

Actually it looks like Peter is 100% correct here; I missed where you used the word "preferences" to describe where you'd set the langage. You'd want to use the Text Tool and change it here:

[designlyon21]

Fixing the language in teh character panel fixed it!!! Thank you so much!!! 

[designlyon21]

I honestly could cry lol so grateful!!