Thank you for your timely response.
I tried following the link you gave, but most stuff was not applicable.
I tried inserting code in functions.php, but did not get response… I’m pasting first few portions of the functions.php, where do you think I should put my time code?
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<?php
/**
* Main WordPress API
*
* @package WordPress
*/
require( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/option.php' );
/**
* Convert given date string into a different format.
*
* $format should be either a PHP date format string, e.g. 'U' for a Unix
* timestamp, or 'G' for a Unix timestamp assuming that $date is GMT.
*
* If $translate is true then the given date and format string will
* be passed to date_i18n() for translation.
*
* @since 0.71
*
* @param string $format Format of the date to return.
* @param string $date Date string to convert.
* @param bool $translate Whether the return date should be translated. Default true.
* @return string|int|bool Formatted date string or Unix timestamp. False if $date is empty.
*/
function mysql2date( $format, $date, $translate = true ) {
if ( empty( $date ) )
return false;
if ( 'G' == $format )
return strtotime( $date . ' +0000' );
$i = strtotime( $date );
if ( 'U' == $format )
return $i;
if ( $translate )
return date_i18n( $format, $i );
else
return date( $format, $i );
}
/**
* Retrieve the current time based on specified type.
*
* The 'mysql' type will return the time in the format for MySQL DATETIME field.
* The 'timestamp' type will return the current timestamp.
* Other strings will be interpreted as PHP date formats (e.g. 'Y-m-d').
*
* If $gmt is set to either '1' or 'true', then both types will use GMT time.
* if $gmt is false, the output is adjusted with the GMT offset in the WordPress option.
*
* @since 1.0.0
*
* @param string $type Type of time to retrieve. Accepts 'mysql', 'timestamp', or PHP date
* format string (e.g. 'Y-m-d').
* @param int|bool $gmt Optional. Whether to use GMT timezone. Default false.
* @return int|string Integer if $type is 'timestamp', string otherwise.
*/
function current_time( $type, $gmt = 0 ) {
switch ( $type ) {
case 'mysql':
return ( $gmt ) ? gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' ) : gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', ( time() + ( get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) * HOUR_IN_SECONDS ) ) );
case 'timestamp':
return ( $gmt ) ? time() : time() + ( get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) * HOUR_IN_SECONDS );
default:
return ( $gmt ) ? date( $type ) : date( $type, time() + ( get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) * HOUR_IN_SECONDS ) );
}
}
/**
* Retrieve the date in localized format, based on timestamp.
*
* If the locale specifies the locale month and weekday, then the locale will
* take over the format for the date. If it isn't, then the date format string
* will be used instead.
*
* @since 0.71
*
* @global WP_Locale $wp_locale
*
* @param string $dateformatstring Format to display the date.
* @param bool|int $unixtimestamp Optional. Unix timestamp. Default false.
* @param bool $gmt Optional. Whether to use GMT timezone. Default false.
*
* @return string The date, translated if locale specifies it.
*/
function date_i18n( $dateformatstring, $unixtimestamp = false, $gmt = false ) {
global $wp_locale;
$i = $unixtimestamp;
if ( false === $i ) {
if ( ! $gmt )
$i = current_time( 'timestamp' );
else
$i = time();
// we should not let date() interfere with our
// specially computed timestamp
$gmt = true;
}
/*
* Store original value for language with untypical grammars.
* See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9396
*/
$req_format = $dateformatstring;
$datefunc = $gmt? 'gmdate' : 'date';
if ( ( !empty( $wp_locale->month ) ) && ( !empty( $wp_locale->weekday ) ) ) {
$datemonth = $wp_locale->get_month( $datefunc( 'm', $i ) );
$datemonth_abbrev = $wp_locale->get_month_abbrev( $datemonth );
$dateweekday = $wp_locale->get_weekday( $datefunc( 'w', $i ) );
$dateweekday_abbrev = $wp_locale->get_weekday_abbrev( $dateweekday );
$datemeridiem = $wp_locale->get_meridiem( $datefunc( 'a', $i ) );
$datemeridiem_capital = $wp_locale->get_meridiem( $datefunc( 'A', $i ) );
$dateformatstring = ' '.$dateformatstring;
$dateformatstring = preg_replace( "/([^\\\])D/", "\\1" . backslashit( $dateweekday_abbrev ), $dateformatstring );
$dateformatstring = preg_replace( "/([^\\\])F/", "\\1" . backslashit( $datemonth ), $dateformatstring );
$dateformatstring = preg_replace( "/([^\\\])l/", "\\1" . backslashit( $dateweekday ), $dateformatstring );
$dateformatstring = preg_replace( "/([^\\\])M/", "\\1" . backslashit( $datemonth_abbrev ), $dateformatstring );
$dateformatstring = preg_replace( "/([^\\\])a/", "\\1" . backslashit( $datemeridiem ), $dateformatstring );
$dateformatstring = preg_replace( "/([^\\\])A/", "\\1" . backslashit( $datemeridiem_capital ), $dateformatstring );
$dateformatstring = substr( $dateformatstring, 1, strlen( $dateformatstring ) -1 );
}
$timezone_formats = array( 'P', 'I', 'O', 'T', 'Z', 'e' );
$timezone_formats_re = implode( '|', $timezone_formats );
if ( preg_match( "/$timezone_formats_re/", $dateformatstring ) ) {
$timezone_string = get_option( 'timezone_string' );
if ( $timezone_string ) {
$timezone_object = timezone_open( $timezone_string );
$date_object = date_create( null, $timezone_object );
foreach( $timezone_formats as $timezone_format ) {
if ( false !== strpos( $dateformatstring, $timezone_format ) ) {
$formatted = date_format( $date_object, $timezone_format );
$dateformatstring = ' '.$dateformatstring;
$dateformatstring = preg_replace( "/([^\\\])$timezone_format/", "\\1" . backslashit( $formatted ), $dateformatstring );
$dateformatstring = substr( $dateformatstring, 1, strlen( $dateformatstring ) -1 );
}
}
}
}
$j = @$datefunc( $dateformatstring, $i );
/**
* Filter the date formatted based on the locale.
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
* @param string $j Formatted date string.
* @param string $req_format Format to display the date.
* @param int $i Unix timestamp.
* @param bool $gmt Whether to convert to GMT for time. Default false.
*/
$j = apply_filters( 'date_i18n', $j, $req_format, $i, $gmt );
return $j;
}
