Title: Date Format
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Date Format

 *  [gatoelho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gatoelho/)
 * (@gatoelho)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-3/)
 * Website (using default theme) doesn’t validate the date, using always the default
   one.

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 *  [drmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drmike/)
 * (@drmike)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-3/#post-511862)
 * I’m afraid I don’t have a clue as to what you mean by “validate the date”
 *  [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/)
 * (@lesbessant)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-3/#post-511953)
 * If I recall correctly, the default theme has the date format for posts coded 
   in, rather than respecting the format set in the admin panel.
 *  [maerk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maerk/)
 * (@maerk)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-3/#post-511954)
 * If you want to change the date format you will have to edit the theme files. 
   You will also need to learn how PHP controls the format of dates. This information
   is available from the PHP manual:
 * [http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php](http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php)
 * Come back here and ask if you get stuck.
 *  [nplblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nplblog/)
 * (@nplblog)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-3/#post-512104)
 * Which theme file will I have to edit?
 *  [nplblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nplblog/)
 * (@nplblog)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-3/#post-512105)
 * I figured it out. Had to make change in single.php, index.php and also archieve.
   php

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 * [date](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/date/)
 * [default](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/default/)
 * [format](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/format/)

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