Title: International date notation
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# International date notation

 *  Resolved [lextof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lextof/)
 * (@lextof)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/international-date-notation/)
 * Hi,
 * I was wondering if it is possible to realize a different date notation without
   editing any code. Maybe I missed out the option in the settings but I would really
   like to use our nation’s date notation (ddmmyy) in stead of the US date notation(
   mmddyy).
 * Hope to hear from you soon.
 * Thanks in advanced.
 * Gr. Alex
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-rss-multi-importer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-rss-multi-importer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/)
 * (@amweiss98)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/international-date-notation/#post-3256263)
 * Hello
    Yes, you can but it will require changing some code in the template, but
   then you can save the template so you can use it again when there is an update(
   just go to the Template Options panel after you change the template). So, first
   which template are you using (e.g., default) and do you know how to edit the 
   files so they can be changed (I’ll post the code here if you can do this).
 * Best wishes,
    Allen
 *  Thread Starter [lextof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lextof/)
 * (@lextof)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/international-date-notation/#post-3256267)
 * Thanks Allen,
 * Excellent response time, I must say 🙂
 * I think we will manage to change the files you specified. Please feel free to
   post the code 🙂
 * Cheers Alex.
 *  Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/)
 * (@amweiss98)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/international-date-notation/#post-3256273)
 * Great… go into the template that you are using, find this line:
 *  $readable .= ‘<span class=”date” style=”‘.$datestyle.'”>’. date_i18n(“D, M d,
   Y”,$items[“mystrdate”]).'</span>
   ‘;
 * change to
 *  $readable .= ‘<span class=”date” style=”‘.$datestyle.'”>’. date_i18n(“D, d M,
   Y”,$items[“mystrdate”]).'</span>
   ‘;
 * After you do this and are satisfied with the way it renders on your site, then
   save the template. You can see how this is done here:
 * [http://screencast.com/t/7Mh9hhJPYmT](http://screencast.com/t/7Mh9hhJPYmT)
 * Let me know if this works or not.
 * Best wishes,
    Allen
 *  [Paul van Buuren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulvanbuuren/)
 * (@paulvanbuuren)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/international-date-notation/#post-3256304)
 * Hi Allen,
 * No, that did not fix the problem.
    What did fix it was changing /inc/rss_multi_importer_widget.
   php
 * `
    if (!empty($items["mystrdate"]) && $showdate==1){ echo date_i18n( get_option('
   date_format' ),$items["mystrdate"]).''; }  I think it is better to use this _echo
   date\_i18n( get\_option( ‘date\_format’ ), xxx)_ than any other, hardcoded date
   format, since this gives more control to the user.
 *  Plugin Author [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/)
 * (@amweiss98)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/international-date-notation/#post-3256307)
 * Hi Paul
    Thanks…that would work too (of course, if the person wants a unique 
   way to present the date, the get_option(‘date_format’) won’t work)….anyway, since
   they were using this in a template, and templates can be saved, hard-coding isn’t
   a problem…anyway, thanks for letting us know about this alternative way to present
   the date in a local context.

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 * [international](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/international/)

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 * Last reply from: [Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amweiss98/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/international-date-notation/#post-3256307)
 * Status: resolved