Title: Pods displays wrong date
Last modified: February 19, 2024

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# Pods displays wrong date

 *  Resolved [theraecreative](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theraecreative/)
 * (@theraecreative)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pods-displays-wrong-date/)
 * Hello, I am using Pods with Elementor Pro Loop. I am adding the date field dynamically
   in the loop template. However the date for all events is incorrect and set to:
   January 1, 1970.
 * Thank you for any help!
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/)
 * (@keraweb)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pods-displays-wrong-date/#post-17445333)
 * Hi [@theraecreative](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theraecreative/)
 * How are you adding the date field exactly? If used within an Elementor block/
   module then you will need to contact Elementor about this issue.
 * If not, what is your configuration for the date field?
 * Cheers, Jory
 *  Plugin Support [pdclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pdclark/)
 * (@pdclark)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pods-displays-wrong-date/#post-17461253)
 * `January 1, 1970` is the Unix epoch. It is a date which appears when computers
   are asked to display a date starting from the number `0` or a blank field.
 * What that means in practical terms it that in connecting your field to Elementor,
   it is likely that the field is either blank, or the name of the field has been
   mistyped or miscapitalized, causing a blank value to be returned, which is then
   converted into `1/1/1970`.
 * For an example of displaying a date/time field in arbitrary ways without depending
   on Elementor to handle data well, please see [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-format-displaying-with-seconds/#post-17461213](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-format-displaying-with-seconds/#post-17461213)
 *  Plugin Author [Scott Kingsley Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sc0ttkclark/)
 * (@sc0ttkclark)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pods-displays-wrong-date/#post-17461289)
 * I believe 0000-00-00 would do this too if the value is empty for some reason 
   in the DB.
 *  Thread Starter [theraecreative](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theraecreative/)
 * (@theraecreative)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pods-displays-wrong-date/#post-17464257)
 * Thank you for your replies. The fields are not blank. I am displaying the date
   dynamically using the Elements “icon list” widget and “Pods Date Filed”. I believe
   I have this working on other sites. I will reach out to Elementor for more info.
   Thank you for your help.
 *  Plugin Support [pdclark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pdclark/)
 * (@pdclark)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pods-displays-wrong-date/#post-17464634)
 * Okay, best of luck. 
   If a computer says it thinks a date is January 1, 1970, 
   it always means it was given a value it thinks is zero. So if the field is not
   blank, Elementor may be querying the incorrect posts within the loop, or there
   may be a typo, or the date may have been interpreted as text instead of a timestamp.
   Using the linked shortcode via the Code Snippets plugin or any other installation
   method should work around all of these potential issues.

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