Post comments dates format different from WP general date settings

Hello,

I don’t think it is possible to change the comment date format. But you can try the below code. Try adding the code to the oceanwp child theme’s functions.php file and edit the comment date format in the code –

if ( ! function_exists( 'oceanwp_comment' ) ) {

	function oceanwp_comment( $comment, $args, $depth ) {

		switch ( $comment->comment_type ) :
			case 'pingback' :
			case 'trackback' :
			// Display trackbacks differently than normal comments.
		?>

		<li <?php comment_class(); ?> id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>">

			<article id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" class="comment-container">
				<p><?php esc_html_e( 'Pingback:', 'oceanwp' ); ?> <span><span<?php oceanwp_schema_markup( 'author_name' ); ?>><?php comment_author_link(); ?></span></span> <?php edit_comment_link( esc_html__( '(Edit)', 'oceanwp' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' ); ?></p>
			</article>

			<?php
			break;
				default :
				// Proceed with normal comments.
				global $post;
			?>

			<li id="comment-<?php comment_ID(); ?>" class="comment-container">

				<article <?php comment_class( 'comment-body' ); ?>>

					<?php echo get_avatar( $comment, apply_filters( 'ocean_comment_avatar_size', 150 ) ); ?>

		            <div class="comment-content">
		                <div class="comment-author">
		                    <h3 class="comment-link"><?php printf( esc_html__( '%s ', 'oceanwp' ), sprintf( '%s', get_comment_author_link() ) ); ?></h3>

		                    <span class="comment-meta commentmetadata">
		                    	<?php if ( ! is_rtl() ) { ?>
		                        	<span class="comment-date"><?php comment_date('j M Y'); ?></span>
		                        <?php } ?>

		                        <?php comment_reply_link( array_merge( $args, array( 'depth' => $depth, 'max_depth' => $args['max_depth'] ) ) ); ?>

		                        <?php edit_comment_link(__('edit', 'oceanwp' )); ?>

		                    	<?php if ( is_rtl() ) { ?>
		                        	<span class="comment-date"><?php comment_date('j M Y'); ?></span>
		                        <?php } ?>
		                    </span>
		                </div>

		                <div class="clr"></div>

		                <div class="comment-entry">
		                    <?php if ( '0' == $comment->comment_approved ) : ?>
		                        <p class="comment-awaiting-moderation"><?php esc_html_e( 'Your comment is awaiting moderation.', 'oceanwp' ); ?></p>
		                    <?php endif; ?>

		                    <div class="comment-content">
		                        <?php comment_text(); ?>
		                    </div>
		                </div>
		            </div>

				</article><!-- #comment-## -->

			<?php
			break;
		endswitch; // end comment_type check
	}

}

@apprimit Thank you again, this worked perfectly. Just had to make some small minor changes to the format code and CSS, but was exactly what I was trying to do!

You’re welcome!