Title: date format doesn't accept \\t\\h\\i\\s?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# date format doesn't accept \\t\\h\\i\\s?

 *  [boost2029](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boost2029/)
 * (@boost2029)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-doesnt-accept-this/)
 * Hi all,
 * sure I’m missing something, but don’t know what.
 * I’m trying to customize date format at settings->general (translated from spanish
   wp sorry). I checked [http://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time](http://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time)
   to config my format string, but if I try to insert words using \\, I get this:
 * “Y/m/d \\a\\t g:i A” turns to “2011/03/24 \\pm\\31 10:21 PM”
 * Any help please?

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-doesnt-accept-this/#post-1997196)
 * i tried with a single backslash and it seems to work:
 * `"Y/m/d \a\t g:i A"`
 *  Thread Starter [boost2029](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boost2029/)
 * (@boost2029)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-doesnt-accept-this/#post-1997257)
 * hey alchymyth you are right thanks much!

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-doesnt-accept-this/#post-1997257)
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