Date formatting with Twig

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#1

Hi

I have the following Twig statement
{% set event = looper.item %}
{{ event.event_date }}

which returns 20250310 from an ACF field which looks to be correct for 10th March 2025

following this post Format Looper Twig Date

I created this
{% set event = looper.item %}
{{ event.event_date | date(‘F j’)}} @ {{ event.event_time | date(‘g:i a’)}}

to display the date and time in a more readable format but it is returning August 23

i am not certain how to use the other option in the post
{{ looper.field({“key”:“time”, “format”: “F j, Y”, “type”: “date”}) }}

#2

Hello,

Thank you for the inquiry.

It returns August 23 because Twig interprets 20250310 as a timestamp or datetime, not 10th March 2025. You may need to convert the event.event_date to 2025-03-10 first, before converting it to the actual date format that you prefer. Please try this template:

{% set date = event.event_date|slice(0, 4) ~ "-" ~ event.event_date|slice(4, 2) ~ "-" ~ event.event_date|slice(6, 2) %}
{{ date | date("jS F Y") }}

Let us know the result.

Best regards.

#3

i’m getting this error

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#4

See our troubleshooting guide about “Unable to create the cache directory”. You can also turn off the “Cache” in the Twig Theme Options. Have a great day.

#5

Thanks for your help
For others on the same journey i ended up using the following with great directions from the ThemeCo support staff

{% set event = looper.item %}
{% set date = event.event_date|slice(0, 4) ~ “-” ~ event.event_date|slice(4, 2) ~ “-” ~ event.event_date|slice(6, 2) %}
{{ date | date(“jS F Y”) }} @ {{ event.event_time | date(‘g:i a’)}}

pulling data from a Dynamic Content looper provider of {{dc:acf:post_field field=“events”}} which was returning an array from a bidirectional relationship field created by ACFpro

#6

Hey @The_Capture_Factory,

We’re glad that you’re able to figure it out!

Cheers!