Title: _time to include seconds
Last modified: April 27, 2020

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# _time to include seconds

 *  Resolved [kender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kender/)
 * (@kender)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/_time-to-include-seconds/)
 * Looking to include the seconds to the [_time] shortcode, is there a way we can
   do this via hook or filter?
 * Or, how would I go about adding my own?

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 *  Thread Starter [kender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kender/)
 * (@kender)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/_time-to-include-seconds/#post-12739790)
 * Resolved, I looked at your existing shortcode and modified slightly in my functions
   file
 * for anyone looking to do this (create custom special mail tag)
 *     ```
       function jwbs_special_mail_tag( $output, $name, $html ) {
         $submission = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();
         if ( ! $submission ) { return $output; }
   
         if ( '_time_secs' == $name ) {
           if ( $timestamp = $submission->get_meta( 'timestamp' ) ) {
             return date_i18n( 'g:i:s a', $timestamp );
           }
           return '';
         }
         return $output;
       }
       add_filter( 'wpcf7_special_mail_tags', 'jwbs_special_mail_tag', 10, 3 );
       ```
   

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 * Last reply from: [kender](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kender/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/_time-to-include-seconds/#post-12739790)
 * Status: resolved