Title: Changing Date Format
Last modified: August 5, 2019

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# Changing Date Format

 *  Resolved [chrisjeub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisjeub/)
 * (@chrisjeub)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-date-format-12/)
 * I would like to manipulate the format of the date as presented in the metadata
   shortcode. Right now, it defaults to “2019-08-05 06:00:06”. I would like this
   to display, “August 5, 2019,” or whatever date the article is set to. The shortcode
   I’m using is “[su_post field=”post_date”]”.
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by [chrisjeub](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisjeub/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fchanging-date-format-12%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Vova](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gn_themes/)
 * (@gn_themes)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-date-format-12/#post-11863414)
 * Hi Chris,
 * sorry for the late reply.
 * You can use a custom filter to format the date.
 * How to:
 * 1. Add the following code to the end of the functions.php of your active theme:
 *     ```
       function su_post_shortcode_custom_date_filter( $value ) {
       	return date( 'M j, Y', strtotime( $value ) );
       }
       ```
   
 * 2. Use the following shortcode:
 *     ```
       [su_post field="post_date" filter="su_post_shortcode_custom_date_filter"]
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-date-format-12/#post-11863414)
 * Status: resolved