Replace
<?php the_time('M. × ’y') ?>
with
<?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?>
Reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_time#Date_as_Month_Day.2C_Year
Be sure your Site Settings are also set to:
Settings > General > Date Format
Choose the first option: February xx, 2011
hi Zoonini,
Still no luck with the php, I changed the Settings as you mentioned.
Also noticed that maybe I’m looking in the wrong place…as it says php “time” not “date”. It looks like the theme may be a little complicated as the php has a lot of spans,& classes (see my first post). What do you think.
Josh
Did you edit the PHP code also and upload the file?
the_time() has date functionality built in – did you check out the reference? http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_time#Date_as_Month_Day.2C_Year
You can also use <?php the_date(); ?> if you prefer.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_date#Default_Usage
You are right in that there are a lot of spans in your code. Just realized your date is being split up into lots of little chunks that can be styled differently.
If you want to really simplify things, you can replace:
<div class="date-meta"><span class="date-day"><?php the_time('j') ?><span class="date-tense"><?php the_time('S') ?></span></span><span class="date-month-year"><?php the_time('M. × ’y') ?></span></div>
with
<div class="date-meta"><?php the_date(); ?></div>
Awesome that simple method worked, thats all I wanted. Now I just need to figure out how to control it using css. lol.
Josh
Just add a .date-meta class to your CSS and start playing. 🙂
If you would please mark this thread as “resolved” it would be appreciated. Helps everyone keep better track of whose issues are still outstanding. Thanks!
that worked to fix the main page date, but didn’t change the date once you click on an indivual post to comment.
Then you’ll need to make the same date change in single.php or loop.php or wherever the date is coming from.
Perfect, took a little work but I found it in the functions section.
Thanks Zoonini.
Excellent. Please don’t forget to mark this thread as resolved – thank you!
