Title: Formatting post dates
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Formatting post dates

 *  [Buca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharfeddin/)
 * (@sharfeddin)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/formatting-post-dates/)
 * Is there away for my to format my post’s dates so that they might say something
   along line of “posted 2 days ago” as appose to “posted Aug 22?”
 * Thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/formatting-post-dates/#post-1189320)
 * Not unless you’re petty handy with [PHP’s date functions](http://uk.php.net/manual/en/ref.datetime.php).
 *  [WebTechGlobal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webtechglobal/)
 * (@webtechglobal)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/formatting-post-dates/#post-1189578)
 * Wouldnt be that hard at all. You would need to use the action hook that can edit
   your post once submitted and change the date. Probably put the function in your
   themes header. maybe.
 * Or even make a basic plugin, take me an hour.
 * Then date()+(2 * 24 * 60 * 60) will increase the current date and time by 2 days
   and use it as the publish date.
 * Sorry I don’t have time right now to code it, I do have a date formatting issue
   myself right now however.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/formatting-post-dates/#post-1189579)
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-relativedate/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-relativedate/)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/formatting-post-dates/#post-1189579)
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