Title: [Plugin: Participants Database] Strict Date Format Breaks Plugin
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Participants Database] Strict Date Format Breaks Plugin

 *  Resolved [Profusion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/profusion/)
 * (@profusion)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-participants-database-strict-date-format-breaks-plugin/)
 * Great plugin!
 * Got a few challenges though. When I activate the “Strict Date Format” option 
   in “Settings” it brings up an error like this in the “Add Participant” option,..
 * > Fatal error: Call to undefined function date_create_from_format() in …/wp-content/
   > plugins/participants-database/participants-database.php on line 2195
 * And all of the rest of the form is gone.
 * I have tried it with various date formats in the “Settings -> General” menu.
 * Please help.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/participants-database/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/participants-database/)

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 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-participants-database-strict-date-format-breaks-plugin/#post-2673511)
 * Hi Profusion,
 * This plugin requires the PHP version be 5.3 or higher. If you can upgrade your
   PHP version, it will work.
 *  [Varadarajan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svaradharajangmailcom/)
 * (@svaradharajangmailcom)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-participants-database-strict-date-format-breaks-plugin/#post-2673640)
 * I too have same problem. I could not get ISV to upgrade php version to 3.0 as
   there are many dependencies. Is there a work around?
 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-participants-database-strict-date-format-breaks-plugin/#post-2673647)
 * Get a new ISP?…just kidding. You can turn off the “strict dates” setting in the
   plugin.

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 * Last reply from: [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-participants-database-strict-date-format-breaks-plugin/#post-2673647)
 * Status: resolved