We are using following variables to dispay date time format on various places on site.
DATE_FORMAT,
DATETIME_FORMAT,
DATETIME_ELP_FORMAT,
SHORT_DATETIME,
SHORT_DATETIME_ZONE,
SHORT_DATE
If we want to change default date format used at a specific place on the site, we need to do following steps.
1. Find the date format variable used at that place: access the page by passing devset=true in the url, it will display the dateTime
2. Site Admin -> Site Details -> Customization : set variable with new format as desired.
Example : Dashboard page - Enrolled courses tab - Period datetime appears in dd MMM yyyy HH:MM format,
if Admin wants to change this format to use 12 hour clock and display timezone also.
- Screen with default format -
- Find date_time_format variable used at this place - To get that access the page with devset=true [ to channge display back to normal use devunset=true]
- Once we found what variable is used - Go to Site Admin -> Site Detail -> Customization tab
add variable_name=new_format. In this example -
DATETIME_FORMAT = dd MMM yyyy h:mm a z and save settings.
- Reload dashboard page -
Date time formating specifiers:
dd - represents date
mm - month in number
MMM - Month name ( abbrebiated)
yyyy - year in four digits
hh - 12 hour clock , will show time in 2 digits like 01, 02.
h - 12 hour clock , will not show preceeding 0. like 1 PM
HH - 24 hour clock
mm - minutes
a - for displaying AM/PM
z - for displaying timezone.
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