Title: Correct Date and time Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Correct Date and time * [madnhain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madnhain/) * (@madnhain) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/) * I’ve set up the date and time correctly in the WP general settings, but every Invoice that I send has an incorrect date and time. As far as I can tell, WP- Invoice does not have its own separate time settings. (or does it?) Everywhere else on the site has the correct time, it just seems like the Wp-Invoice that is having this issue. * Any Thoughts? Thanks! * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-invoice/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-invoice/) Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Plugin Contributor [Anton Korotkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anton-korotkoff/) * (@anton-korotkoff) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807805) * Hello madnhain, * we will test that and answer here soon. * Thank you. * Plugin Contributor [Anton Korotkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anton-korotkoff/) * (@anton-korotkoff) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807840) * Hello again madnhain, * what date are you talking about? Could you please provide some data on how to replicate the issue? * Thanks. * Thread Starter [madnhain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madnhain/) * (@madnhain) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807841) * Certainly! From the WP Dashboard, Invoice > Add new invoice for testing reasons, I entered the time of creation into the name and body fields Save and Send notification * Then, View All invoices, select the one you just created Inside the Top Area“ Invoice Status and History” * > 11:43 am June 6, 2013 Notification Sent (New Invoice) to [xxx.xxx@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/xxx.xxx@gmail.com?output_format=md) > at 11:43 am June 6, 2013. > 11:43 am June 6, 2013 Created by admin * inside my body: * > This invoice was created @ 6:43AM June 6th, 2013 * (I just noticed this) While just looking at my settings to be SURE the time was set correctly, I see this: * > UTC time is 2013-06-06 11:57:26 Local time is 2013-06-06 6:57:26 * So apparently Invoice is using UTC instead of Local time? Any thoughts on this? Thanks! * Plugin Contributor [Anton Korotkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anton-korotkoff/) * (@anton-korotkoff) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807842) * Thank you for clear explanation. I’ll let you know once we investigate this. * Plugin Contributor [Anton Korotkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anton-korotkoff/) * (@anton-korotkoff) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807843) * [@madnhain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madnhain/), you are right. * This is a timezone issue. We are going to fix it and include into the next release. * Thank you. * Thread Starter [madnhain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madnhain/) * (@madnhain) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807844) * Thanks Anton! I appreciate you looking into this! * Plugin Contributor [Anton Korotkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anton-korotkoff/) * (@anton-korotkoff) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807846) * Thank you too for using our products. * [Dan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan013/) * (@dan013) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807892) * Is there a special wpi function to display the date the invoice was created? * Using `the_date(get_option('date_format'))` or `the_date()` in my custom template shows December 13, 2012 no matter when the invoice was created. * Assigning a due date and using `wpi_invoice_due_date()` in a custom template displays the correct due date. * [Sample invoice](http://holding13.com/invoice/?invoice_id=f24644d9707cb07143276201552c1318) Sample invoice created: June 17, 2013 Due date 1 week: June 24, 2013 * I’m using wp-invoice Version 3.08.6 * Plugin Contributor [Anton Korotkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anton-korotkoff/) * (@anton-korotkoff) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807893) * Hello [@dan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan/), * function `the_date()` will always show you the date of the page you are using to display invoice. * Currently plugin doesn’t have template function for invoice date but you always can use this: * `echo $invoice['post_date'];` * It is a bit ugly but we are going to review our template function and add more useful ones. * Thank you! * [Dan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan013/) * (@dan013) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807894) * [@anton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anton/) I understand… I’m seeing the date December 13, 2012 because the _page_ I dedicated to display invoices was created on that date, nothing to do with the date the invoice was created. * You’re right, `echo $invoice['post_date'];` is a bit ugly. YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM: SS isn’t the format I would like to use. * I’ll stick to adding the date in the description section for now. Hopefully the date functions will be available soon. Thanks for the help and great plugin. * Plugin Contributor [Anton Korotkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anton-korotkoff/) * (@anton-korotkoff) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807895) * [@dan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan/), * try this temporary * `echo date(get_option('date_format'), strtotime( $invoice['post_date'] ));` * [Dan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dan013/) * (@dan013) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807896) * Nailed it! That’s exactly what I’m looking for. Thank you very much. * Plugin Contributor [Anton Korotkoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anton-korotkoff/) * (@anton-korotkoff) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-date-and-time/#post-3807897) * Good! * Thank you for using our product. We will improve this soon anyway. 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