Altering date format isn’t retrospective – correct?

  • Hi – first post for new user (loving what I have seen so far).

    ie changed the date format and the one single post already live ha stayed as is.

    Which would mean each alteration of the formatting making the posts all different.

    Bug or “feature”?

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  • Your post is a bit confusing, so I’ll just address the question asked in the title of this thread:

    Yes, changing your date format in your options area will change how it displays on ALL posts. Everything displayed by WordPress is dynamically generated, and that includes the date and time formats.

    All that’s stored in the database is the Unix timestamp (basically, seconds since Jan. 1st, 1970 00:00) of the post. A bit of PHP is then used to convert that to a human readable format.

    EDIT:

    I think I get what you mean now. You changed the format and yet the existing post you have didn’t change it’s format.

    Where did you change the format? In your theme’s files? Or in your options area? Or…

    Thread Starter daysofspeed

    (@daysofspeed)

    Aha – yes the edit strikes at the heart of my issue.

    I changed it in my options area and a peek at format hasn’t rolled out across the site (ie even different between the one single blogged post on the “home page” and when you go via the monthly round up/category doorway.

    Many thanks for response, appreciate the help.

    If you have the deafult (blue headed) theme as active – the dtae/time is hardcoded in the templates (index, single…).

    Thread Starter daysofspeed

    (@daysofspeed)

    Aha! problem solved (well identified).

    many thanks kind sir – apologies for not having given a rundown re the template – will bear that in mind in future distress scenarios.

    It’s not your fault! It shouldn’t be in the template… (but this is only my personal rant ??

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