Date Format – Admin CP

[Yunie]

Currently the dates displayed in the Admin CP are in the format of YYYY/MM/DD. I would like the format to either be DD/MM/YYY or long version such as ‘June 19, 2017’. The user front-end is okay, as that displays with the long version.

I have checked Under WP Settings -> General and the format there is set for the long format, i.e. June 19, 2017.

I also tried changing my language settings from English (Australia) to English (UK) in case that had any bearing on the date formatting.

So just wondering how I can change the way the date is displayed in the User CP (even if I have to jump into the code, I’m okay with modifying as long as I know where to look, I just can’t write).

We use dates frequently to send expiry notices out manually (I’d actually prefer a ‘subscription end’ instead of ‘subscription start’ field, but can live with just adding a year in my head to that). But the date gets confusing because in Australia we naturally assume day before month instead of month before day.

Thanks again. 🙂

[mbrsolution]

Hi, can you pin point to the date you are referring too? You might like to share a screen capture.

Kind regards

[Yunie]

Thank you for your reply. I had to halt development of my site’s membership system due to personal reasons, so am back into it again and realised I had a support question I didn’t get to follow up.

The inconsistent date format is shown on the members listing pages – both the listing with all members, and when you view an individual member – the access starts field to be precice.

A screenshot of the individual member’s page can be found here: [http://www.compilationdesign.com/uploads/members-image.png]

As you can see, their access starts is in the format of YYYY/MM/DD, but my WordPress date format is set to an extended date format (i.e. 22 August 2017).

[mbrsolution]

Hi, can you try the following. Check your laptop and or computer date format? Let me know if adjusting the date locally helps.

Regards

[Yunie]

Have checked my laptop and it is currently set to Australian date format – dd/mm/yyyy (with long date format of dd month yyyy). I tried changing the date format to another format, but it didn’t change anything.

I also logged onto the admin cp via my mobile and also a desktop computer, and the dates are also showing in the incorrect format there as well.

I think I might have done it originally, but can’t remember seeing it was a couple of months ago now, but I carried out the test again of disabling all other plugins, but it doesn’t make any change to the way dates are displayed.

[mbrsolution]

Thank you for reporting back. I have submitted a message to the developers to investigate further.

Kind regards

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