Title: Datetime presentation
Last modified: January 20, 2026

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# Datetime presentation

 *  Resolved [izzaboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izzaboo/)
 * (@izzaboo)
 * [4 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime-presentation/)
 * Hello. I’ve not found any other mention of this, so surely I’m missing something
   obvious.
 * I’m attempting to display, on front end, a Meta Value of a datetime custom field.
   I’ve selected
 *     ```wp-block-code
       F j, Y g:i a
       ```
   
 * in the Return Format of the Field. But when I add an ACF Block, it loads as ACF
   Text and displays
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Y-m-d H:i:s
       ```
   
 * Has anybody else run into this?

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 *  Thread Starter [izzaboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izzaboo/)
 * (@izzaboo)
 * [4 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime-presentation/#post-18791560)
 * Welp. I was trying to use Advanced Custom Fields plugin to display the field 
   created in Advanced Query Loop. Perhaps that’s my problem!
    -  This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by [izzaboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izzaboo/).
      Reason: Edit to apologize for wasting folks' time here

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 * Last reply from: [izzaboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/izzaboo/)
 * Last activity: [4 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime-presentation/#post-18791560)
 * Status: resolved