Title: Wrong date format in widget?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Wrong date format in widget?

 *  Resolved [ClaraRS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarars/)
 * (@clarars)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-date-format-in-widget/)
 * In Settings > Formatting > Date Picker Format I originally had dd/mm/yy. Now 
   I have changed it to mm/dd/yy but I can’t see the changes applying, for example
   in the Events (list) widget.
 * In my WP settings I also have the F j, Y date format.
 * Any help please?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
 * (@angelo_nwl)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-date-format-in-widget/#post-4028846)
 * try settings > formatting > date/time > Date Format
 *  Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/)
 * (@netweblogic)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-date-format-in-widget/#post-4028879)
 * You probably need to change the setting above the one you mentioned : Date Format
 * the one you changed is for datepickers only, the one above would apply to widgets
 *  [rvalee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvalee/)
 * (@rvalee)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-date-format-in-widget/#post-4028980)
 * [@marcus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcus/): I have successfully changed
   both, but the widget still isn’t working right.
 * My “Date Format” is F j, Y, but my widget still orders events by: 11 Oct 13. 
   After changing “Date Format” to the above setting, the date on Event Pages changed,
   but not the widget.
 * Am I missing formatting settings for Widgets? I’d like to customize a little 
   more (beyond just the correct date format) what is listed, but I don’t see those
   settings anywhere.
 *  [rvalee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvalee/)
 * (@rvalee)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-date-format-in-widget/#post-4028981)
 * Sorry, I’m an idiot…
 * [@clarars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarars/), the setting is in the
   Widget Settings box itself. The default setting is:
 * `#_EVENTLINK<ul><li>#j #M #y</li><li>#_LOCATIONTOWN</li></ul>`
 * You will want to change the Widget setting, based on your setting you mentioned
   above, to:
 * `#_EVENTLINK<ul><li>#F #j, #Y</li><li>#_LOCATIONTOWN</li></ul>`
 *  Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/)
 * (@netweblogic)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-date-format-in-widget/#post-4028988)
 * I’ll change that default to use #_EVENTDATES instead, which usses the option 
   mentioned above in the our settings page.
 *  Thread Starter [ClaraRS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clarars/)
 * (@clarars)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wrong-date-format-in-widget/#post-4028989)
 * Great, thanks [@rvalee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvalee/) and [@marcus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcus/),
   I changed it and now it works as I wanted!

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