Title: Date format
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Date format

 *  Resolved [hellodav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellodav/)
 * (@hellodav)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-73/)
 * How i can change date format? to dd/mm/yyyy
    [http://i.imgur.com/XYpenqJ.png](http://i.imgur.com/XYpenqJ.png)
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 *  Plugin Contributor [Harish Chouhan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hchouhan/)
 * (@hchouhan)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-73/#post-6400377)
 * Hello hellodav,
 * Can you let me know where exactly you are seeing the date field? Any screenshot
   of the complete page would be helpful.
 *  Thread Starter [hellodav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellodav/)
 * (@hellodav)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-73/#post-6400378)
 * See the link [http://censovegetariano.com/](http://censovegetariano.com/)
    In
   Nascimento (birthday) I need the format dd/mm/yyyy
 *  Plugin Contributor [Harish Chouhan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hchouhan/)
 * (@hchouhan)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-73/#post-6400423)
 * Hey hellodav,
 * The format used is not something that our plugin controls but is something controlled
   by your web browser. For e.g. in Chrome for Windows, I see Date/Month & Year (
   please see [https://nimbus.everhelper.me/client/notes/share/263118/fQzaTbpalLGgEGvkElc68zyfXO3PRusy/](https://nimbus.everhelper.me/client/notes/share/263118/fQzaTbpalLGgEGvkElc68zyfXO3PRusy/)).
 * I regret that I have not been much help. I’ll keep this ticket open in case my
   colleagues or anyone else can provide a solution.
 *  Thread Starter [hellodav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellodav/)
 * (@hellodav)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-73/#post-6400424)
 * and how do to change dd/mm/yyyy in all browsers , operating systems , tablets
   and smartphones?
 * thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [Danny van Kooten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvankooten/)
 * (@dvankooten)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-73/#post-6400506)
 * Hey there,
 * Sorry for the late reply but this took some time for us to properly look into.
   Right now, the plugin will try to use the default HTML5 datepicker which is included
   in modern browsers (especially on mobile).
 * However, not all browsers support this datepicker field yet. Furthermore, **there
   is no way to set a custom date format using the default HTML5 datepicker.**
 * We are currently [working on better date field support in the plugin](https://github.com/ibericode/mailchimp-for-wordpress/issues/145),
   which will render the same date picker across all browsers & devices. As we want
   to do this right, this is not something we can add to the plugin quickly though.
 * For now, there are two things you can do.
 * 1) You can use the default HTML5 date-field (as the plugin is doing now) which
   will always render the date field in a format that should be accepted by the 
   browser & language your visitor is using.
 * 2) Replace the date-field with a regular text field and set a `placeholder` and`
   pattern` value, so only certain inputs are accepted.
 * _Example_
 *     ```
       <input type="text" name="MAILCHIMPFIELD" placeholder="DD/MM/YYYY" pattern="^[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{4}$" />
       ```
   
 * The above example will render a text field which will only accept DD/MM/YYYY 
   formatted inputs. To get this to work with the plugin, make sure to replace `
   MAILCHIMPFIELD` with the actual name of your MailChimp field.
 * Does that help? If not, let me know!

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 * Last reply from: [Danny van Kooten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvankooten/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-73/#post-6400506)
 * Status: resolved