Title: date format issue
Last modified: February 22, 2022

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# date format issue

 *  Resolved [mjohanson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjohanson/)
 * (@mjohanson)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-issue-5/)
 * Hello! I’ve got a listing of recent comments here:
 * [https://www.flickfilosopher.com/join-the-conversation](https://www.flickfilosopher.com/join-the-conversation)
 * I have the date formatted as
 * D, M d, Y g:ia
 * but it’s showing up in the default format.
 * Here’s the full shortcode I’m using:
 *     ```
       [better_recent_comments number="50" date_format="D, M d, Y g:ia"
       format="{avatar} {author} on {post}: {comment} {date}" avatar_size="75"]
       ```
   
 * Any idea why this is happening?
 * Thanks for any help!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdate-format-issue-5%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Andy Keith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andykeith/)
 * (@andykeith)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-issue-5/#post-15394667)
 * Hi there,
 * I think there’s some hidden characters in the ‘date_format’ option in the shortcode.
   When I copied your shortcode into my test site, I get the same problem as you.
   But if I deleted the date_format option altogther, then type it again, it works!
 * Try copy this into your page or widget:
 * `[better_recent_comments number="50" date_format="D, M d, Y g:ia" format="{avatar}{
   author} on {post}: {comment} {date}" avatar_size="75"]`
 * Let me know if that doesn’t fix it.
 * Andy
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by [Andy Keith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andykeith/).
      Reason: Add code tags
 *  Thread Starter [mjohanson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjohanson/)
 * (@mjohanson)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-issue-5/#post-15394697)
 * That works! Thanks… and thanks for the speedy reply.
 * MaryAnn
 *  [Andy Keith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andykeith/)
 * (@andykeith)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-issue-5/#post-15394710)
 * No problem 🙂

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-issue-5/#post-15394710)
 * Status: resolved