Title: Date format changes not taking effect
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Date format changes not taking effect

 *  [andym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andym/)
 * (@andym)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-changes-not-taking-effect/)
 * I have changed the date format to d/m/y (Options|Default date) but posts (old&
   new) still show like February 18th, 2005 although sample output on the options
   page is correct

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-changes-not-taking-effect/#post-147336)
 * Tried a hard refresh ?
    I would have said what I see, but I can’t find your blog.
 *  Thread Starter [andym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andym/)
 * (@andym)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-changes-not-taking-effect/#post-147344)
 * Sorry, but what is a hard refresh? Site at [http://www.mabb.co.uk/twys/](http://www.mabb.co.uk/twys/)
 *  [Minna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minna/)
 * (@minna)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-changes-not-taking-effect/#post-147347)
 * Hard refresh is hitting Ctrl+Shift+R (instead of Ctrl+R)
 * I also get the “wrong” date.
 * Could there be a different date format in the_date() below post’s entry? (hope
   you don’t mind me butting in, Podz)
 *  Thread Starter [andym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andym/)
 * (@andym)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-changes-not-taking-effect/#post-147359)
 * Not quite sure what you mean Podz. Have deleted all posts and added one new –
   format still incorrect!
 *  [Minna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minna/)
 * (@minna)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-changes-not-taking-effect/#post-147362)
 * If you mean me by “podz” I’ll reply 🙂
 * Look at the php code in the main template (it’s quite at the beginning inside
   a div IDed “post”), there’s this bit of code (I see now that it’s the_time and
   not the_date… my bad):
    `<h2 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"><a href="<?php the_permalink()?
   >" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title();?
   ></a></h2> <small><?php the_time("F jS, Y") ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --
   ></small> Unless you’ve changed it (Default theme), there’s that the_time that
   holds a date format so it overrides the one you’ve set in Options
 *  Thread Starter [andym](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andym/)
 * (@andym)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-changes-not-taking-effect/#post-147374)
 * Perfect – thanks for your help
 *  [Minna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minna/)
 * (@minna)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-changes-not-taking-effect/#post-147564)
 * Oh, by the way. You’re going to have to remove the date format in the_time on
   other templates, too (archive, search…). If you want them all the like the default
   you set, that is.

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 * Last reply from: [Minna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minna/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-changes-not-taking-effect/#post-147564)
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