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1. supportbillglassorg
   Member

   I setup a form that uses the Date format as mm/dd/yyyy but when I receive the notification email it changes it to Month Day, Year. For example, if I select 05/13/2013, the email shows it as May 13, 2013. How do I get the email to show it as 05/13/2013 (mm/dd/yyyy)?

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   yuniar

   You can edit the "includes/entry-functions.php" file. Search around line 508 for this code:

   $date_value = date("M d, Y",strtotime($date_value));

   change it to become:

   $date_value = date("m/d/Y",strtotime($date_value));

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   Posted 11 years ago #

3. thomasstanley
   Member

   I had this working in v4.0, then lost it when I upgraded to v4.1. The date format on the form is mm/dd/yyyy. But when I export to excel, it comes out M d, Y. Should this edit still work for v4.1?

   Posted 10 years ago #
4. 

   yuniar

   You'll need to edit the "export_entries.php" file as well, search around line 805 and 814. You'll find similar codes there.

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   MachForm Founder

   Posted 10 years ago #

5. thomasstanley
   Member

   Worked perfectly. Thank you.

   Posted 10 years ago #

6. HackerJL
   Member

   Same with 4.3? I just edited both of those files and doesn't seem to make a difference.

   Posted 10 years ago #

7. HackerJL
   Member

   Looks like I found it, but its doing something odd.

   For March 27, 2015 I'm now getting 03/Fri/2015

   I need Friday to show as 27, not Fri.

   Posted 10 years ago #

8. AMurray
   Pro Member

   I think the PHP would be like

   date("l, M d , Y",strtotime($date_value));

   Which should give you Sunday, March 27, 2015

   M = Month
   d = Date (of the month)
   Y = Year
   l = day (of the week - note that's a lower case "L").

   The lower case or uppercase make a difference in the formatting, so you need to choose the right one.

   You could have a look at the site below, which details some of the PHP date functions with examples.

   http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_date.asp

   Posted 10 years ago #

9. cyberwhite
   Member

   It would be great if this could be added as a preference in "Settings", or maybe per form. I need to fix this every time I upgrade to a new version.

   Feature request: Allow people to pick a default date format for all email notifications.

   Thanks! :)

   Posted 9 years ago #

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