diff --git a/shared/local-date-and-time/shared_local_date_time.bpmn b/shared/local-date-and-time/shared_local_date_time.bpmn
index c773ba9e..151f2be9 100644
--- a/shared/local-date-and-time/shared_local_date_time.bpmn
+++ b/shared/local-date-and-time/shared_local_date_time.bpmn
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
       <bpmn:incoming>Flow_1al74ve</bpmn:incoming>
       <bpmn:outgoing>Flow_0xa8fic</bpmn:outgoing>
       <bpmn:script>try:
+  is_format
+except NameError:
+  is_format = False
+
+try:
   time_zone
 except NameError:
   time_zone = "US/Eastern"
@@ -16,12 +21,18 @@ except NameError:
 try:
   date_format
 except NameError:
-  date_format = "DMY"
+  if is_format:
+    date_format = "DMY"
+  else:
+    date_format = "MDY"
 
 try:
   time_format
 except NameError:
-  time_format = "24"
+  if is_format:
+    time_format = "24"
+  else:
+    time_format = "12"
 
 utc_date_time_obj = datetime.utcnow()
 local_date_time_obj = get_localtime(utc_date_time_obj, time_zone)