Date format not reflected

Issue:

Date format not reflected in Jasperserver after setting below property in jasperreports.properties file .

net.sf.jasperreports.text.pattern.date=MM/dd/yyyy 
net.sf.jasperreports.text.pattern.datetime=MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss

Resolution:

The format was set correctly for in the properties file.

Also they had a style format set earlier with dd/MM/YYYY , but it was de selected in the field properties.

The issue was the previously set style was still taking effect. To remove the effect can do reset of elements under the Text Field properties Inheritance tab.