Title: Comment date format
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Comment date format

 *  Resolved [Dkersys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkersys/)
 * (@dkersys)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-format/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m recently translating wordpress in Lithuanian language and I have a problem
   with comments.
 * This is an image in case of lack of information.
    [http://mokykla.doteer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1.jpg](http://mokykla.doteer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1.jpg)
 * As you can see, I’ve translated almost everything. Also, this theme supports 
   translation function. But it’s not useful from my view because my language has
   about 12 different word endings. So, I just want to create this type of format:
   Y, m j(d.) | G:i
    I’ve searched in single.php, which redirected me to wp-includes/
   comment-template.php. From there I’ve translated a bit more but still I couldn’t
   do anything about the date format.
 * I really hope to get some fast help. Thanks for reading!

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-format/#post-2256045)
 * what theme are you working with?
 * it might have a comment-callback function in functions.php, where you might find
   the comment code.
 *  Thread Starter [Dkersys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkersys/)
 * (@dkersys)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-format/#post-2256046)
 * Widezine.
 * I changed
    <span class=”name_f” > <small>(<?php if(!function_exists(‘how_long_ago’)){
   comment_date(‘M d, Y’); } else { echo how_long_ago(get_comment_time(‘U’)); } ?
   >)</small></span>
 * To:
 * <span class=”name_f” > <small>(<?php {comment_date(‘Y, m j G:i’); } ?>)</small
   ></span>
 * Edit:
 * Silly me, I had to clear cache. It worked! Thank you very much 🙂
 *  [gaellem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gaellem/)
 * (@gaellem)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-format/#post-2256461)
 * Hello.
    I am also using widezine I have changed the time format setting for the
   site , and its fine all over the site except in two places.
 * 1- comments…I would also love my choice intesad of “xx ago” and this post should
   solve this
    Dkersys, in which file did you make the change ? I did not find any“
   how_lon_ago” in comments_template.php or in functions.php
 * 2- in archives (or category pages) …. where the time format has not been updated
   with my preference… any idea on which file should be amended?
 * thank you for your help

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-format/#post-2256461)
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