Title: Change date format
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Change date format

 *  [perezsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perezsan/)
 * (@perezsan)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/)
 * On every post I make, the date appears duplicated and in a different format as
   I want. I would like to add date and person who posted it, but can’t find the
   solution.
 * This is my site:
 * [http://www.rainmaker18.com](http://www.rainmaker18.com)

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 *  [lettergrade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettergrade/)
 * (@lettergrade)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/#post-3912718)
 * You can change the date format in your admin dashboard: Settings > General.
 * In your css, display for authors has been set to ‘none.’
 *     ```
       .single-author .entry-meta .by-author {
           display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 * Were these changes made manually in the code? Are you able to go in and edit 
   them?
 * You may also be able to find help that’s more specific to the theme you’re using
   in the theme’s support forums: [http://wordpress.org/support/theme/twentyeleven](http://wordpress.org/support/theme/twentyeleven)
 *  Thread Starter [perezsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perezsan/)
 * (@perezsan)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/#post-3912810)
 * Still duplicates the date. I wanted to show like
    Published on Sept 1st 2013
 * Any hint?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/#post-3912813)
 * Do not edit the Twenty Eleven theme. First, re-upload a fresh, unpacked, copy
   of the theme’s folder to wp-content/themes using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients)
   or whatever file management application your host provides.
    [http://wordpress.org/themes/twentyeleven](http://wordpress.org/themes/twentyeleven)
 * Then [create a child theme for your changes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes).
 *  [lettergrade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettergrade/)
 * (@lettergrade)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/#post-3912829)
 * Yes, start clean with a new Twenty Eleven theme and create a child theme from
   that. It looks likely that someone edited your current theme and entered the 
   date tag twice.
 *  Thread Starter [perezsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perezsan/)
 * (@perezsan)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/#post-3912836)
 * Ok, with all that in mind, where in styles.css can I change the data format??
   I am looking but with no luck.
 * Apart. I did find the author shortcode in the css file, but what value do I put
   for it to show who posted it??
 * Thx
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/#post-3912837)
 * The data format?
 *  [lettergrade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettergrade/)
 * (@lettergrade)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/#post-3912838)
 * You can change the date format in your admin dashboard: Settings > General. There’s
   a screenshot here: [Settings General Screen](http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_General_Screen)
 * The problem for the author entry is that display has been set to ‘none.’ If you
   delete that line in your .css file, the author should show on your page.
 *     ```
       .single-author .entry-meta .by-author {
           display: none;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [perezsan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perezsan/)
 * (@perezsan)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/#post-3912842)
 * It does not matter I change it there, it allways shows the same and duplicate
 *  [lettergrade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lettergrade/)
 * (@lettergrade)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-date-format-6/#post-3912849)
 * In that case, the date format values are most likely hard-coded into your php
   file, and accidentally duplicated as well. It would be best to start over with
   a new theme and create a child theme for any edits you might want to make to 
   the php files. It’s a bad idea to edit the original theme.

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