Changing the date format OJS 3.1-01

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Hi,
I want to change the date format.
For example, 2018-01-25 = January 25, 2018

How can you change?

Thank you in advance
Best,

2

Hi @Gokmen_ARSLAN

I am not sure what is supported, but maybe you could test it – you would need to experiment with the date_format_short in the config.inc.php.
For your example, it would maybe be something like %F %d, %Y.
I am also not sure what consequences this would have in other parts of the system, e.g. interfaces to other systems, e.g. export plugins, OAI interface, etc.

Best,
Bozana

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Hi bozana,

I hope you are well.

I changed he date_format_short in the config.inc.php. Unfortunatlt, it is not.

; Short and long date formats
date_format_trunc = “%m-%d”
date_format_short = “%Y-%m-%d”
date_format_long = “%B %e, %Y”
datetime_format_short = “%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p”
datetime_format_long = “%B %e, %Y - %I:%M %p”
time_format = “%I:%M %p”

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4

Hi again,

I solved the problem using “%B %e, %Y”" format.

thanks for every things :slight_smile:

5

Hi all,

Note that there are potentially one or two bugs around using nonstandard date formats. See Changing date formats in config.inc.php can lead to misparsed dates · Issue #2689 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub for details.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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6

Hi again,

After changing the date format, I cannot send the email to reviewer (review request). Therefore, I begun to use previous format again, and I can send email.
How can I solve this?

Bests,