Title: changing date format
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# changing date format

 *  [ringsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ringsoft/)
 * (@ringsoft)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-date-format-2/)
 * Hi
 * I’be got my WordPress install up and running, but am having a problem getting
   the date displayed as I would like, in UK format, when using a different theme.
 * I’ve read the info at [http://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time](http://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time)
   and would be very happy to change the format to
 * l, F j, Y
 * But it’s not clear to me which file I need to change… the theme I’m using seems
   to be overriding the date format I specify on the settings/general page.
 * Which file should I be looking to edit?

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-date-format-2/#post-1311555)
 * yes, the theme controls your date format as displayed.
 * go into index.php in your theme
 * look for `<?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?>`
    or something similar and put your formatting
   in the brackets
 * you may also want to edit other theme files such as page.php and single.php as
   necessary
 *  Thread Starter [ringsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ringsoft/)
 * (@ringsoft)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-date-format-2/#post-1311572)
 * Sir, you a scholar and a gentleman.
 * Two hours banging my head against the wall trying to figure it out myself, sorted
   here in 10 minutes.
 * Many thanks!

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 * [date](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/date/)
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 * Last reply from: [ringsoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ringsoft/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-date-format-2/#post-1311572)
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