Title: Date Time Format
Last modified: May 19, 2026

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# Date Time Format

 *  Resolved [aqspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aqspring/)
 * (@aqspring)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-time-format-7/)
 * Hello, is there any way to set the date and time format? When i export the file,
   i got YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, but i want to skip the seconds, so it become like 
   YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM, is there any way to do this?

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 *  Plugin Support [Adam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamwtsupport/)
 * (@adamwtsupport)
 * [1 week, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-time-format-7/#post-18918072)
 * Hi [@aqspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aqspring/),
 * Thank you for reaching out to us.
 * We understand your requirement. By default, the plugin exports the date and time
   in the `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS` format, and there is currently no built-in option
   to remove the seconds from the export.
 * However, this can be achieved using a small code snippet. You can add the code
   snippet to your active child theme’s `functions.php` file or use a code snippets
   plugin. Once added, kindly try exporting again and it should give the expected
   format.
 *     ```wp-block-code
       add_filter( 'hf_alter_csv_order_data', 'wt_custom_order_export_date_format', 10, 2 );function wt_custom_order_export_date_format( $order_data, $args ) {    $date_fields = array( 'order_date', 'paid_date' );    foreach ( $date_fields as $field ) {        if ( ! empty( $order_data[ $field ] ) ) {            $timestamp = strtotime( $order_data[ $field ] );            if ( $timestamp ) {                $order_data[ $field ] = wp_date( 'Y-m-d H:i', $timestamp );            }        }    }    return $order_data;}
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [aqspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aqspring/)
 * (@aqspring)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-time-format-7/#post-18920292)
 * Now it is in the format I need, thanks for help.
 *  Plugin Support [Adam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamwtsupport/)
 * (@adamwtsupport)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-time-format-7/#post-18920310)
 * Hi [@aqspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aqspring/),
 * Glad to hear that worked for you .
 * If you’re happy with the plugin and the support provided, we’d really appreciate
   it if you could take a moment to [leave us a review here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/order-import-export-for-woocommerce/reviews/#new-post).
 * Your feedback helps us improve and motivates our team.

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

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 * Last reply from: [Adam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamwtsupport/)
 * Last activity: [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-time-format-7/#post-18920310)
 * Status: resolved