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  • Alexandru 112 posts 272 karma points
    Sep 27, 2013 @ 13:07
    Alexandru
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    How do I format a blog post Date

    I am working on a blog and at the moment, on the homepage, I print out the post dates for each blog post through XSLT. However when I open up the blog post page. the date is printed using HTML like this:

    <umbraco:item field="postDate" useifempty="createDate" formatasdate="true" runat="server" />
    

    which means the date is formatted as this: Wednesday, September 18, 2013.

    How can I change the way the date is formatted while still using HTML?

  • Dennis Aaen 4500 posts 18255 karma points admin hq c-trib
    Sep 27, 2013 @ 13:28
    Dennis Aaen
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    Hi Alexandru,

    I think you have to do somehing simlar to  this: If you wan´t to do it in you templates. Then I coundn´t find how to print a specific field insted of the current date.

    <p id="footer_text"class="address">© <%=umbraco.library.FormatDateTime(umbraco.library.CurrentDate(),"yyyy")%> Client Sitep>

    Other alternative you could do it in a XSLT file, an the place the macro for the XSLT file, where you have to print the date.

    <xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime($currentPage/postDate, 'd MMMM, yyyy')"/>

    The documentation for this can be found here:

    http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/umbracolibrary/formatdatetime

    Hope this can help you to find a solution.

    /Dennis

  • Dennis Aaen 4500 posts 18255 karma points admin hq c-trib
    Sep 27, 2013 @ 13:52
    Dennis Aaen
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    Hi agin efter som more searh I found something I think will work for you.

    <umbraco:Item runat="server"field="postDate" xslt="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime({0},'dd-MM-yyyy')"/>

    So try to see if this will solve your problem, or you could use the XSLT way, as I said i my first post.

    /Dennis



  • Alexandru 112 posts 272 karma points
    Sep 27, 2013 @ 13:54
    Alexandru
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    Thanks! solved it using the 1st piece of code you gave me. However, this looks a tiny bit cleaner :)

  • Dennis Aaen 4500 posts 18255 karma points admin hq c-trib
    Sep 27, 2013 @ 14:01
    Dennis Aaen
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    Okay I´m glad that I could help you.

    I think you should remember to mark this post as solved, so others with the same problem, can see what´s worked for you.

    If you don´t know how do mark a post as resoved, then I can guide you through it

    /Dennis

  • Alexandru 112 posts 272 karma points
    Sep 27, 2013 @ 15:50
    Alexandru
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    Honestly, I have no idea. Let me know how and I will do it :). Thanks again

  • Dennis Aaen 4500 posts 18255 karma points admin hq c-trib
    Sep 27, 2013 @ 16:13
    Dennis Aaen
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    Hi Alexandru,

    When you find the right answer, under the person who have give you the solution, to the problem, there is a green tick. I have made a screenshot from one of my posts to show you where to find the green tick. Then click on it.

    /Dennis

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