Title: Date_recorded format
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Date_recorded format

 *  Resolved [travelmoments](https://wordpress.org/support/users/travelmoments/)
 * (@travelmoments)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date_recorded-format/)
 * I have noticed that the field date recorded is giving strange results… For example,
   for a date 12JAN2013, in Admin column it comes up as 12/01/2013, but in the participant
   record it reads 01/12/2013,
    while date updated field beside it is formatted 
   12/01/2013? Anybody else having that problem?
 * Thanks, Eva-Maria
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/participants-database/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/participants-database/)

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 *  [monpelaud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monpelaud/)
 * (@monpelaud)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date_recorded-format/#post-3358856)
 * Hi,
 * My WordPress date format is ‘d/m/Y’ and I have the same issue.
    When I input 
   01/02/2013 (01 Feb 2013) in admin page I see 01/02/2013 in [pdb_record] page 
   but whenever I “SAVE YOUR CHANGE” the date toggle between 01/02/2013 and 02/01/
   2013 and so on.
 * In admin screen I can’t input 15/01/2013 or 01/15/2013.
 * Best Regards
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date_recorded-format/#post-3358864)
 * This is what the “strict date format” setting is for. The way PHP works, it is
   easily confused by dates with slashes. If you don’t use slashes, there is no 
   problem, but if you want to use slashes (and you’re not using the American style
   notation), you probably have to use the strict date format setting.
 * Note that you mus be using PHP version 5.2 or later for this to work.
 *  Thread Starter [travelmoments](https://wordpress.org/support/users/travelmoments/)
 * (@travelmoments)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date_recorded-format/#post-3358867)
 * What I don’t understand is that the date recorded and date updated are internal
   fields, meaning that there is no direct input by anyone. Still they give a different
   date format.
 * My WP is set to date format 12/01/2013
 * I changed the settings to strict date format, but still in the record the dates
   are different. They show both correctly in the Admin column.
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date_recorded-format/#post-3358874)
 * The internal date field are stored differently in the database, so there is a
   difference in how they get displayed.
 * I see that there is a problem in how those internal dates are displayed in the
   admin record edit screen. Something I need to fix, fo sure.
 *  Thread Starter [travelmoments](https://wordpress.org/support/users/travelmoments/)
 * (@travelmoments)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date_recorded-format/#post-3358892)
 * Here is the screenshot of how the dates display…
 * [http://tuleratsutama.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/01/Screenshot1.jpg](http://tuleratsutama.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/01/Screenshot1.jpg)
 * Thanks, Eva-Maria
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date_recorded-format/#post-3358928)
 * Eva-Maria,
 * Thanks for that, I have a fix for this in the next update. The data is getting
   stored correctly, it’s just a matter of it not displaying properly.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date_recorded-format/#post-3358928)
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