[heithuParticipant]

Hi X,

Using the latest X (Icon) and WP. Not published site yet.

I want to change the date format for the posts. In wp I have set how I want it to look, but that is not the way it looks in X.

How to change that?

If it involves child theme and php, can you tell me if there is a video on how to work change php in the knowledge base?

Thank you. 🙂

[ZeshanMember]

Hi Heithu,

Thank you for posting in!

You can change the date format by simply going into Settings > General and change the format under Date Format (see: http://prntscr.com/57a8b2).

Hope this helps. 🙂

Thank you.

[heithuParticipant]

Hi,

Thank you for your quick answer.

Doing that it shows the correct date format under “recents posts”. Yay!

But in the blogpost itself, it shows the incorrect dateformat.

Can you help me with that?

Thank you. 🙂

[ChristopherModerator]

Hi there,

I’m not sure how you want it to help you more ,but i can tell you where it is located exactly.
Please copy this code in function.php file inside your child theme:

<?php

// =============================================================================
// FUNCTIONS/ICON.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Icon specific functions.
// =============================================================================

// =============================================================================
// TABLE OF CONTENTS
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//   01. Entry Meta
//   02. Portfolio Tags
//   03. Individual Comment
//   04. Comment Number and Link
// =============================================================================

// Entry Meta
// =============================================================================

if ( ! function_exists( 'x_icon_entry_meta' ) ) :
  function x_icon_entry_meta() {

    $date = sprintf( '<span><time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time></span>',
      esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
      esc_html( get_the_date( 'm.d.Y' ) )
    );

    if ( x_does_not_need_entry_meta() ) {
      return;
    } else {
      printf( '<p class="p-meta">%s</p>',
        $date
      );
    }

  }
endif;

// Portfolio Tags
// =============================================================================

if ( ! function_exists( 'x_icon_portfolio_tags' ) ) :
  function x_icon_portfolio_tags() {

    $terms = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'portfolio-tag' );

    echo '<ul class="inline">';
    foreach( $terms as $term ) {
      echo '<li><a href="' . get_term_link( $term->slug, 'portfolio-tag' ) . '"><i class="x-icon-tag"></i> ' . $term->name . '</a></li>';
    };
    echo '</ul>';

  }
endif;

// Individual Comment
// =============================================================================

//
// 1. Pingbacks and trackbacks.
// 2. Normal Comments.
//

if ( ! function_exists( 'x_icon_comment' ) ) :
  function x_icon_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {

    $GLOBALS['comment'] = $comment;
    switch ( $comment->comment_type ) :
      case 'pingback' :  // 1
      case 'trackback' : // 1
    ?>
    <li <?php comment_class(); ?> id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">
      <p><?php _e( 'Pingback:', '__x__' ); ?> <?php comment_author_link(); ?> <?php edit_comment_link( __( '(Edit)', '__x__' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?></p>
    <?php
        break;
      default : // 2
      GLOBAL $post;
      if ( X_WOOCOMMERCE_IS_ACTIVE ) :
        $rating = esc_attr( get_comment_meta( $GLOBALS['comment']->comment_ID, 'rating', true ) );
      endif;
      if ( x_is_product() ) :
        $comment_time = sprintf( __( '%1$s', '__x__' ), get_comment_date() );
      else :
        $comment_time = sprintf( __( '%1$s at %2$s', '__x__' ), get_comment_date(), get_comment_time() );
      endif;
    ?>
    <li id="li-comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" <?php comment_class(); ?>>
      <?php $comment_reply = ( ! x_is_product() ) ? '<div class="x-reply">' . get_comment_reply_link( array_merge( $args, array( 'reply_text' => __( 'Reply<span class="comment-reply-link-after"><i class="x-icon-reply"></i></span>', '__x__' ), 'depth' => $depth, 'max_depth' => $args['max_depth'] ) ) ) . '</div>' : ''; ?>
      <?php
      printf( '<div class="x-comment-img">%1$s %2$s %3$s</div>',
        '<span class="avatar-wrap cf">' . get_avatar( $comment, 120 ) . '</span>',
        ( $comment->user_id === $post->post_author ) ? '<span class="bypostauthor">' . __( 'Post<br>Author', '__x__' ) . '</span>' : '',
        $comment_reply
      );
      ?>
      <article id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" class="comment">
        <header class="x-comment-header">
          <?php
          printf( '<cite class="x-comment-author">%1$s</cite>',
            get_comment_author_link()
          );
          if ( x_is_product() && get_option( 'woocommerce_enable_review_rating' ) == 'yes' ) : ?> 
            <div class="star-rating-container">
              <div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating" class="star-rating" title="<?php echo sprintf(__( 'Rated %d out of 5', 'woocommerce' ), $rating) ?>">
                <span style="width:<?php echo ( intval( get_comment_meta( $GLOBALS['comment']->comment_ID, 'rating', true ) ) / 5 ) * 100; ?>%"><strong itemprop="ratingValue"><?php echo intval( get_comment_meta( $GLOBALS['comment']->comment_ID, 'rating', true ) ); ?></strong> <?php _e( 'out of 5', 'woocommerce' ); ?></span>
              </div>
            </div>
          <?php endif;
          printf( '<div><a href="%1$s" class="x-comment-time"><time datetime="%2$s">%3$s</time></a></div>',
            esc_url( get_comment_link( $comment->comment_ID ) ),
            get_comment_time( 'c' ),
            $comment_time
          );
          edit_comment_link( __( '<i class="x-icon-edit"></i> Edit', '__x__' ) );
          ?>
        </header>
        <?php if ( '0' == $comment->comment_approved ) : ?>
          <p class="x-comment-awaiting-moderation"><?php _e( 'Your comment is awaiting moderation.', '__x__' ); ?></p>
        <?php endif; ?>
        <section class="x-comment-content">
          <?php comment_text(); ?>
        </section>
      </article>
    <?php
        break;
    endswitch;

  }
endif;

// Comment Number and Link
// =============================================================================

if ( ! function_exists( 'x_icon_comment_number' ) ) :
  function x_icon_comment_number() {

    if ( comments_open() ) {

      $title  = apply_filters( 'x_entry_meta_comments_title', get_the_title() );
      $link   = apply_filters( 'x_entry_meta_comments_link', get_comments_link() );
      $number = apply_filters( 'x_entry_meta_comments_number', get_comments_number() );

      if ( $number == 0 ) {
        $comments = '';
      } else {
        $comments = sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" class="meta-comments">%3$s</a>',
          esc_url( $link ),
          esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Leave a comment on: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;', '__x__' ), $title ) ),
          number_format_i18n( $number )
        );
      }

    } else {

      $comments = '';

    }

    $post_type      = get_post_type();
    $post_type_post = $post_type == 'post';
    $no_post_meta   = x_get_option( 'x_blog_enable_post_meta', '' ) == '';

    if ( $post_type_post && $no_post_meta ) {
      return;
    } else {
      echo $comments;
    }

  }
endif;

In line 26 get_the_date( 'm.d.Y' ) is where you can edit date format.

Hope it helps.

[heithuParticipant]

Hi and thanks,

Sorry for not being clear/precise. I will try to explain it better:

I want this format for date: “14. november 2014”.

And on my front page where I show the four most recent posts, it says exactly that: “14. november 2014” whereas when you click on that and get to the actual post itself, the date format is “11.14.2014”. And that is not the format I want.

Hope I have described my problem a bit better now, and sorry for not being precise the first time around.

Thanks. 🙂

[CousettMember]

Change line 26 in the code above to esc_html( get_the_date( 'j.F Y' ) )

Essentially add the following to your functions file:

// Entry Meta
// =============================================================================

if ( ! function_exists( 'x_icon_entry_meta' ) ) :
  function x_icon_entry_meta() {

    $date = sprintf( '<span><time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time></span>',
      esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
      esc_html( get_the_date( 'j.F Y' ) )
    );

    if ( x_does_not_need_entry_meta() ) {
      return;
    } else {
      printf( '<p class="p-meta">%s</p>',
        $date
      );
    }

  }
endif;

Hope this helps.

[Jen HParticipant]

I’d like to change the date format on comments. I have “9 December,2014” (j F, Y) checked under Settings>General>Date Format, but the comment dates show as 12/09/2014 (which is not the Australian format for dates – should be dd/mm/yy). We’d like to show version above or 09/12/2014. Can you please help?

[Jen HParticipant]

By the way, I’m using Renew Stack and latest version of theme.

[Paul RModerator]

Hi Jen,

Thanks for writing in!

To change the date format in your comments, you can add the code below in your child theme’s functions.php

add_filter( 'get_comment_date', 'change_comment_date_format' );    
function change_comment_date_format( $d ) {
    $d = date("d/m/Y");    
    return $d;
}    

Hope that helps. 🙂

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