How Do You Format a Date In the Templates?

How Do You Format a Date In the Templates?

Standard Date Formatting

Format Specifier Description

d Short date pattern

D Long date pattern

f Full date/time pattern (short date)

F Full date/time pattern (long time)

g General date/time pattern (short time)

G General date/time pattern (long time)

M Month/day pattern

t Short time pattern

T Long time pattern

U Universal full date/time pattern

Y Year/month pattern

Custom Date Formatting

Format Specifier Description

d The day of the month, from 1 through 31

dd The day of the month, from 01 through 31

ddd The abbreviated name of the day of the week

dddd The full name of the day of the week

h The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 1 to 12

hh The hour, using a 12-hour clock from 01 to 12

H The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 0 to 23

HH The hour, using a 24-hour clock from 00 to 23

K Time zone information

m The minute, from 0 through 59

mm The minute, from 00 through 59

M The month, from 1 through 12

MM The month, from 01 through 12

MMM The abbreviated name of the month

MMMM The full name of the month

t The first character of the AM/PM designator

tt The AM/PM designator

y The year, from 0 to 99

yy The year, from 00 to 99

yyy The year, with a minimum of three digits

yyyy The year as a four-digit number

yyyyy The year as a five-digit number

Examples:

{{w3_due_date | date:'dd-MM-yyyy'}}

Eg. 25-10-2020

{{w3_due_date | date:'m-dd-yyyy'}}

Eg. 5-10-2020

{{w3_due_date | date:'dddd, mmmm dS, yyyy'}}

Eg. Saturday, June 9th, 2020

{{w3_due_date | date:'mmm dd, yyyy'}}

Eg. 2020-02-15

{{w3_due_date | date:'yyyy-mm-dd'}}

Eg. 2020-02-15

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