Format “Now”

Hi @matthew99,
If by “ongoing events” you mean my EM add-on “EM – Ongoing Events”, please redirect your question to the correct forum. 😉

If you mean showing/altering the time of an event that is currently taking place? EM does not have a “Happening now” option. You could try and achieve that by creating a custom placeholder, checking the timespan. EM only checks the date and includes today either yes/no. (Setting: “Are current events past?”)

I was bored tonight, so I created this for you 😉

function em_placeholder_happening_now($replacement, $EM_Event, $placeholder) {
  if($placeholder === "#_HAPPENINGNOW") {
    // Fetch the complete start & end timestamps (Y-m-d H:i:s) and convert them to an integer for comparison.
    $start = strtotime(get_post_meta($EM_Event->post_id, '_event_start', true));
    $end = strtotime(get_post_meta($EM_Event->post_id, '_event_end', true));
    $now = strtotime('now');

    // Check if the current time is after the start and before the end of this event.
    if( ($now > $start) && ($now < $end) ) {
      $replacement = "Happening now!";
    } else {
      $replacement = $EM_Event->output("#_EVENTDATES");
    }
  }
  return $replacement;
}
add_filter('em_event_output_placeholder', 'em_placeholder_happening_now', 10, 3);