Title: Customize RSS Feed Date Format
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Customize RSS Feed Date Format

 *  Resolved [gouldn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gouldn/)
 * (@gouldn)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-rss-feed-date-format/)
 * I’m the web developer for [Purdue University Bands & Orchestras](http://www.purdue.edu/bands/).
   We have recently updated our theme for our website to include an RSS feed at 
   the bottom of most top-level pages, however the RSS feed is displaying the RFC
   full date format. How can we change the date format to just display the month
   and day?
 * To Summarize:
    [Here’s what we’re getting right now](https://www.purdue.edu/bands/ensembles/)
   We want it to be formatted like “Feb, 26”, [like shown here](http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/academics/index.html).
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 *  [Geoff Graham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geoffgraham/)
 * (@geoffgraham)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-rss-feed-date-format/#post-6007475)
 * Hey there!
 * Have you tried changing the date format settings in Events > Settings > Display?
   There are a number of date formatting options to play with there. 🙂
 * Cheers!
    Geoff
 *  Thread Starter [gouldn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gouldn/)
 * (@gouldn)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-rss-feed-date-format/#post-6007503)
 * Thanks for responding Geoff!
 * We’ve tried that, however it doesn’t seem to change the date format for the rss
   feed.
 *  [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barryhughes-1/)
 * (@barryhughes-1)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-rss-feed-date-format/#post-6007514)
 * Hi gouldn,
 * I’m slightly unclear as to whether the problem is actually with your list [here](https://www.purdue.edu/bands/ensembles/)
   or the RSS feed itself.
 * If it is the RSS feed itself I’d highlight that the date format used within that
   is required to be formatted in that form – it’s up to the client to reformat 
   it appropriately, if that’s desired.
 * So in this case – if the list you linked to is a piece of custom work that draws
   on the RSS feed, for instance – your implementation code would need to convert
   it to the appropriate format.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-rss-feed-date-format/#post-6007514)
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