Title: Export issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Export issue

 *  Resolved [azizgaruba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azizgaruba/)
 * (@azizgaruba)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-issue-1/)
 * I have an issue. When I export to CSV, the file does not contain anything in 
   the field for registration date even though this is displayed on the admin backend.
 * Please help.
 * Thanks
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 *  Plugin Author [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/)
 * (@anmari)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-issue-1/#post-4715627)
 * Oh dear yes the field with the actual date data appears as “registration days
   ago”. The other one is just a ‘pretty print’ created at listing time.
 * The reason is historical and hard to change without forcing a change on existing
   users who are using a ‘days ago’ field.
 * I started the plugin for myself and I wanted to see ‘days ago’ – that was more
   helpful for me than staring at a date and thinking ok, thats about a month/year
   ago. So… the registration date appears as “days ago” and one can hover over it
   to see the actual date in a ‘tooltip’ kinda way.
 * Then I had requests that some folks wanted the plain date and YES they can write
   their own formatting routine to display the date anyway they wanted but of course
   that’s a bit of coding and a little side plugin etc… so eventually I added a 
   pseudo additional field for those folks which looks like registration date but
   isn’t. To not add to memory load, the field doesn’t double up – ie it doesn’t
   actually store the date as a duplicate, it just prints it out at listing time.
   The real registration date is always there anyway as it’s in the main user object.
   AND Thats why it is empty at csv. In the long run a new improved possibly parallel
   set of lists (so as not to mess with existing sites) may be available, possibly
   with formatting choices, kinda like the ‘linktype’, but that is a while away.
 * Sorry for the long explanation – basically if the csv is more important, then
   use **“Registration days ago”** – you can see the actual date on hover and it
   will export.
 * **Example CSV**
 *     ```
       ID  User name	Registered days ago	Registration date
       2    someone	14/09/2012 17:37
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [azizgaruba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azizgaruba/)
 * (@azizgaruba)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-issue-1/#post-4715713)
 * Thanks! That worked very well

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