Title: Date format problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Date format problem

 *  Resolved [Thort](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thort/)
 * (@thort)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-problem/)
 * Hi!
 * Nothing happens when changing the date format under Options > General.
 * When running the “WordPress Default 1.5” theme I can’t change the date format.
   But, I have found a theme called “Simple Green”. Using this theme I can change
   the date format. Peculiar!
 * I’m running WordPress 2.0 on a local Apache server.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-problem/#post-318241)
 * This might be controlled by how your Theme is making use of the [Template Tag](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags)
   [the_date](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_date).
 * See also: [the_time](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_time).
 *  Thread Starter [Thort](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thort/)
 * (@thort)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-problem/#post-318263)
 * Thanks MichaelH !
 * I did a change in the “WordPress Default 1.5” theme. In index.php I changed,
 * `<?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?>`
 * to
 * `<?php the_date(); ?> - <?php the_time(); ?>`
 * Now my date settings in Options > General take effect.
 * Thanks for your guidance! 🙂
 *  [powderedtoastdude](https://wordpress.org/support/users/powderedtoastdude/)
 * (@powderedtoastdude)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-problem/#post-318784)
 * The default theme should do this. It feels completely “broken” for the default
   theme to not honor the date and time formatting preferences.
 * $0.02,
    ptd

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [powderedtoastdude](https://wordpress.org/support/users/powderedtoastdude/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-format-problem/#post-318784)
 * Status: resolved

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