Title: Date format customization
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Date format customization

 *  [Emyr Thomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emzo/)
 * (@emzo)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-customization/)
 * From the plugin FAQ:
 * > If you wish to see more formats, please suggest one or edit the source yourself.
 * Why not add a filter to the plugin to allow customization of the date format?
   
   On line 85 of wordpress-posts-timeline.php you could do something like this:
 * `$out .= get_the_time(apply_filters( 'timeline_date_format', get_option('timeline_date_format')),
   $post->ID);`
 * I’ve not tested the above code, but from the [Codex article on apply_filters](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/apply_filters),
   it looks like it should work.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-posts-timeline/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-posts-timeline/)

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 *  Plugin Author [hobbsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hobbsh/)
 * (@hobbsh)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-customization/#post-3293456)
 * I think I will do something like this, I have had multiple people email or post
   about needing a special date format. Thanks!
 * -Wylie

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