{"id":6858,"date":"2014-05-15T04:30:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T08:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/?p=6858"},"modified":"2017-07-18T05:05:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T09:05:02","slug":"how-to-change-wordpress-date-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/how-to-change-wordpress-date-format.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress. How to change date format"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>This tutorial will show you how to customize the post date format in WordPress.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4tFRi7OVXss?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. How to change date format<\/a><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/service-center\/\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-3-(835-x100).jpg\" \/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>The date formatting option is available through the WordPress admin panel.<\/p>\r\n<p>1.  Go to <strong>Settings-&gt;General<\/strong>. <\/p>\r\n<p>2. You have several default date formatting options:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format-300x179.png\" alt=\"WordPress. How to change date format\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format-150x89.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format.png 839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>However, in case the default options are not suitable for your needs, you are free to create the custom date output. Select the Custom radio button and in the available field input your date format.<\/p>\r\n<p>You can learn more about the possible format option using the <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/us.php.net\/manual\/en\/function.date.php\" target=\"_blank\">PHP manual<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Formatting_Date_and_Time\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress codex<\/a> and the following table:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format_3-181x300.png\" alt=\"WordPress. How to change date format_3\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format_3-181x300.png 181w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format_3-90x150.png 90w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format_3-619x1024.png 619w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/WordPress.-How-to-change-date-format_3.png 790w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Here are some examples of date format and resulting output. <\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li><strong> F j, Y g:i a<\/strong> &#8211; November 6, 2010 12:50 am <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>F j, Y<\/strong> &#8211; November 6, 2010 <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>F, Y<\/strong> &#8211; November, 2010 <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>g:i a<\/strong> &#8211; 12:50 am <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>g:i:s a<\/strong> &#8211; 12:50:48 am <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>l, F jS, Y<\/strong> &#8211; Saturday, November 6th, 2010 <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>M j, Y @ G:i<\/strong> &#8211; Nov 6, 2010 @ 0:50 <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>Y\/m\/d \\a\\t g:i A<\/strong> &#8211; 2010\/11\/06 at 12:50 AM <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>Y\/m\/d \\a\\t g:ia<\/strong> &#8211; 2010\/11\/06 at 12:50am <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>Y\/m\/d g:i:s A<\/strong> &#8211; 2010\/11\/06 12:50:48 AM <\/li>\r\n<li> <strong>Y\/m\/d <\/strong>&#8211; 2010\/11\/06<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4tFRi7OVXss?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress. How to change date format<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will show you how to customize the post date format in WordPress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":34847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[247,728],"tags":[1183,843,804,592,1118,2405],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82066,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6858\/revisions\/82066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}