diff --git a/gramps/gen/datehandler/_date_fr.py b/gramps/gen/datehandler/_date_fr.py
index c97278505..1ffde97aa 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/datehandler/_date_fr.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/datehandler/_date_fr.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2004-2006  Donald N. Allingham
 # Copyright (C) 2012       Mathieu MD
+# Copyright (C) 2023       Christophe aka khrys63
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -268,8 +269,9 @@ class DateDisplayFR(DateDisplay):
             "Jour. Mois Année",  # 4
             "Jour. MOI Année",  # 5
             "Mois Jour, Année",  # 6
-            "MOI Jour, Année",
-        )  # 7
+            "MOI Jour, Année",  # 7
+            "JJ/MM/AAAA", # 8
+        )
         # this definition must agree with its "_display_gregorian" method
 
     def _display_gregorian(self, date_val, **kwargs):
@@ -387,6 +389,19 @@ class DateDisplayFR(DateDisplay):
                     date_val[0],
                     year,
                 )
+        elif self.format == 8:
+
+            # French numerical with 0
+
+            if date_val[2] < 0 or date_val[3]:
+                return self.display_iso(date_val)
+            else:
+                if date_val[0] == date_val[1] == 0:
+                    value = str(date_val[2])
+                else:
+                    value = self.dhformat.replace('%m', str(date_val[1]).zfill(2))
+                    value = value.replace('%d', str(date_val[0]).zfill(2))
+                    value = value.replace('%Y', str(date_val[2]))
         else:
             return self.display_iso(date_val)