Title: Format the date
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Format the date

 *  [traceyorr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/traceyorr/)
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 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/format-the-date/)
 * Hi
 * Is there a way to format the date in the following way:
    4 August 2016 and not
   August 4, 2016?
 * thanks
 * Tracey
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