Title: Format Date Field Last modified: January 14, 2020 --- # Format Date Field * Resolved [Lettobi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettobi/) * (@lettobi) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/) * Hi, I’m trying to format a field in german date format (d. M YYYY). The date in the field seems to be stored as d/m/yyyy. Is there a way I can convert this? If I choose “Unix Timestamp” as Fieldtype it displays unchanged and if I choose the Date-mm-dd-yy option it displays todays date in german format. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/) * (@anmari) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12326586) * Hi, * Please check using phpmyadmin how that date field is actually stored in your DB. Developers would not normally store a date like that because then the records are not sortable by that date field. * Developers normally store dates in ISO date format or (older in Unix timestamp– a number) * Once it is clear how it is stored in the DB, then we can look at what is needed. If it is stored in DB in YYYY-MM-DD format and just displayed as you indicate, then in the settings you can specify date format. The default setting will be your wordpress date format. - This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/). * Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/) * (@anmari) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12326668) * Forgot to say, you may need [https://wpusersplugin.com/related-plugins/amr-users-plus/](https://wpusersplugin.com/related-plugins/amr-users-plus/) to choose different date formats. * Thread Starter [Lettobi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettobi/) * (@lettobi) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12332264) * Thanks, I already have the amr users plus plugin. After some further testing, the problem seems to be that the Ultimate Member Plugin stores the date in the DB in YYYY/MM/DD (with slashes instead of dashes). Is there any way amr user lists can handle that format? * Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/) * (@anmari) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12338541) * I’d need to make a mod so the plugin expects it, and then the question arises how many other punctuation forms should one allow for? Wonder why they didn’t use a standard? * I’ll have a look over the weekend. * Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/) * (@anmari) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12340625) * Please update to both new versions just uploaded. In field ‘nicenames’, specify the non standard date fields as type ‘date – ambiguous’. * Then you will be able to choose formats in the ‘configure’ menus for your lists just like for the standard date formats. * For others: See [https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php) Dates that are too “ambiguous” (eg 23/12/2000 or 12-23-2000 will simply be echoed). * [klaus_hh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klaus_hh/) * (@klaus_hh) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12340991) * Suddenly after updating I get a couple of error notifications on top of the backend screen. Frontend seems to be running. What can I do? Should post the full list? * Warning: include(): Failed opening ‘includes/ameta-admin-prefix-check.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php7.0′) in /homepages/44/d774755329/htdocs/ clickandbuilds/WordPress/members/wp-content/plugins/amr-users/amr-users.php on line 75 * Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/) * (@anmari) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12341037) * Yikes, thanks for headsup. New file, didnt upload properly. Update coming. * Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/) * (@anmari) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12341053) * Actually revert back to 4.30 for now. Need to check something so may be awhile. Should be able to do that by deleteing and reinstalling as I have downgraded it to 4.30 * [klaus_hh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klaus_hh/) * (@klaus_hh) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12341070) * Will it show up in the backend updates list? * [klaus_hh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/klaus_hh/) * (@klaus_hh) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12341092) * Thanks, received it, fixed it * Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/) * (@anmari) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-date-field/#post-12341093) * OK, actually all good. Should be fine with 4.32 – increased number for clarity. 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