Title: same settings, different date format
Last modified: November 27, 2023

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# same settings, different date format

 *  Resolved [berttervoert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berttervoert/)
 * (@berttervoert)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-settings-different-date-format/)
 * I have created several pods witch work all fine except for one thing: each pod
   has a custom date field that in one pod is displayed in the Dutch format (27 
   november 2023, which is the standard wp date setting for my site) and the other
   pods display it as 11/27/2023.
   I compared the pods, and the settings seem the
   same. I even tried to delete the other pods an recreate them, but this didn’t
   make any difference. Do you have any idea what might be causing this?
 * with regards,
   Bert.

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 *  Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-settings-different-date-format/#post-17232689)
 * Can you provide further details about where you see the different format displayed?
   Is this on the edit screen only or when output on the front of your site?
 *  Thread Starter [berttervoert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berttervoert/)
 * (@berttervoert)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-settings-different-date-format/#post-17232703)
 * It is both on the edit screen and on the output on the front of the site and 
   on the overview page for all the posts of the pod (in admin).
 *  Thread Starter [berttervoert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berttervoert/)
 * (@berttervoert)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-settings-different-date-format/#post-17232786)
 * I’m looking online for possible answers and found the suggestion to use the following
   line of code:
 * var_dump( locale() );
 * This gives the result: string ‘nl_NL’ (length=5)
   but the date output is in English
   format.
 *  Plugin Author [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/)
 * (@keraweb)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-settings-different-date-format/#post-17247671)
 * Hi [@berttervoert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berttervoert/)
 * locale() is just the actual locale, this is unrelated to dates.
   How are you displaying
   the fields at the moment? Are you using magic tags, Pods functions or WP core
   functions?
 * Cheers, Jory
 *  Thread Starter [berttervoert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berttervoert/)
 * (@berttervoert)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-settings-different-date-format/#post-17248706)
 * Hi Jory,
   I use pods functions in custom php templates. I had found a work-around
   online to display the date as I wanted, but then yesterday I discovered that 
   I overlooked the extra settings as you select the date-field while creating your
   custom pod. So now the date gets displayed correct even without the work-around.
   Thank you for your reply. This topic may be closed.
 * cheers, Bert
 *  Plugin Author [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/)
 * (@keraweb)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-settings-different-date-format/#post-17250586)
 * Hi Bert,
 * Good to hear you’ve found the settings. Good luck with your project!
 * Cheers, Jory

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/same-settings-different-date-format/#post-17250586)
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