Formatting date in echo get_post_meta

  • swcomm

    (@swcomm)


    13 years, 1 month ago

    I’m using:

    $has_my_meta = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'StartDate,EndDate',true );
if( $has_my_meta )
$with_meta[] = $post->ID?>

    To grab event start and end dates that are stored as custom fields, and then outputting the date with echo get_post_meta, but I’m not having a lot of luck formatting the date output. Dates are stored as YYYY-MM-DD. I’d like the dates to display as n/j/Y or even as M/j/Y. What am I missing?

    Thanks in advance

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  • robthecomputerguy

    (@robthecomputerguy)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    Did you ever get an answer to this question, because I have it too.

    vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    12 years, 10 months ago

    In your example, get_post_meta will only accept a single Custom Field name. Try something like this:

    $start_date = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'StartDate', true);
$new_format_start = date('M/j/Y',strtotime($start_date));
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