Date and Time tab
Related Topics
- Overview
- Configure how Tiki displays date and time information.
- To Access
- From the General Admin page, click the Date and Time tab.
- Notes
- See the Date and Time Formats table and PHP Manual for detailed information on date and time settings.
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Time zone | Indicates the default time zone to use for the server. Africa/Abidjan | Africa/Accra | Africa/Addis_Ababa | Africa/Algiers | Africa/Asmara | Africa/Bamako | Africa/Bangui | Africa/Banjul | Africa/Bissau | Africa/Blantyre | Africa/Brazzaville | Africa/Bujumbura | Africa/Cairo | Africa/Casablanca | Africa/Ceuta | Africa/Conakry | Africa/Dakar | Africa/Dar_es_Salaam | Africa/Djibouti | Africa/Douala | Africa/El_Aaiun | Africa/Freetown | Africa/Gaboron... |
UTC |
| Displayed time zone | Use time zone set from user preferences, or the automatically detected time zone for anonymous (if browser allows). Site default is used as fallback. Always the site default time zone. | Use time zone set from user preferences, or the automatically detected time zone for anonymous (if browser allows). Site default is used as fallback. |
Use time zone set from user... |
| Long date format | Specify how Tiki displays the date (longer version) | %A %B %e, %Y |
| Short date format | Specify how Tiki displays the date (shorter version) | %Y-%m-%d |
| Long time format | Specify how Tiki displays the time (longer version) | %H:%M:%S %Z |
| Short time format | Specify how Tiki displays the time (shorter version) | %H:%M |
| Short JavaScript date format | Used in jQuery-UI date picker fields | yy-mm-dd |
| Short JavaScript time format | Used in jQuery-UI datetime picker fields | HH:mm |
| Fields display order | The order date field inputs should be listed in. Day Month Year | Day Year Month | Month Day Year | Month Year Day | Year Day Month | Year Month Day |
Month Day Year |
| Start year | Year to show first in dropdown lists. For example, use "-2" for the current year minus two, or "2010" for a specific year |
-3 year(s) |
| End year | Year to show last on dropdown lists. For example, use "+2" for the current year plus two, or "2016" for a specific year |
+1 year(s) |
| Select month in Date Picker | Users can select month in the Date Picker instead of seeing month as text. No | Yes |
No |
| Select year in Date Picker | Users can select year in the Date Picker instead of seeing year as text. No | Yes |
No |
| Use 12-hour clock for time selectors | Use the 12-hour clock (with AM and PM) in some edit screens to set the time for publishing new or edited blog posts, articles, etc. | Disabled |
| Skip date for same day | When displaying short date and time, skip date for today. Only time will be displayed. | Enabled |
| jQuery Timeago | jQuery plugin for fuzzy timestamps. | Disabled |
| Plugin Now | Show the current date and time | Enabled |
| Plugin Countdown | Display the time until or after a date and time | Disabled |
| Plugin Convene | Suggest meeting dates and times and vote to select one | Disabled |
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Time zone | Indicates the default time zone to use for the server. Africa/Abidjan | Africa/Accra | Africa/Addis_Ababa | Africa/Algiers | Africa/Asmara | Africa/Bamako | Africa/Bangui | Africa/Banjul | Africa/Bissau | Africa/Blantyre | Africa/Brazzaville | Africa/Bujumbura | Africa/Cairo | Africa/Casablanca | Africa/Ceuta | Africa/Conakry | Africa/Dakar | Africa/Dar_es_Salaam | Africa/Djibouti | Africa/Douala | Africa/El_Aaiun | Africa/Freetown | Africa/Gaboron... |
UTC |
| Displayed time zone | Use time zone set from user preferences, or the automatically detected time zone for anonymous (if browser allows). Site default is used as fallback. Always the site default time zone. | Use time zone set from user preferences, or the automatically detected time zone for anonymous (if browser allows). Site default is used as fallback. |
Use time zone set from user... |
| Long date format | Specify how Tiki displays the date (longer version) | %A %B %e, %Y |
| Short date format | Specify how Tiki displays the date (shorter version) | %Y-%m-%d |
| Long time format | Specify how Tiki displays the time (longer version) | %H:%M:%S %Z |
| Short time format | Specify how Tiki displays the time (shorter version) | %H:%M |
| Short JavaScript date format | Used in jQuery-UI date picker fields | yy-mm-dd |
| Short JavaScript time format | Used in jQuery-UI datetime picker fields | HH:mm |
| Fields display order | The order date field inputs should be listed in. Day Month Year | Day Year Month | Month Day Year | Month Year Day | Year Day Month | Year Month Day |
Month Day Year |
| Start year | Year to show first in dropdown lists. For example, use "-2" for the current year minus two, or "2010" for a specific year |
-3 year(s) |
| End year | Year to show last on dropdown lists. For example, use "+2" for the current year plus two, or "2016" for a specific year |
+1 year(s) |
| Select month in Date Picker | Users can select month in the Date Picker instead of seeing month as text. No | Yes |
No |
| Select year in Date Picker | Users can select year in the Date Picker instead of seeing year as text. No | Yes |
No |
| Use 12-hour clock for time selectors | Use the 12-hour clock (with AM and PM) in some edit screens to set the time for publishing new or edited blog posts, articles, etc. | Disabled |
| Skip date for same day | When displaying short date and time, skip date for today. Only time will be displayed. | Enabled |
| jQuery Timeago | jQuery plugin for fuzzy timestamps. | Disabled |
| Plugin Now | Show the current date and time. | Enabled |
| Plugin Countdown | Display the time until or after a date and time | Disabled |
| Plugin Convene | Suggest meeting dates and times and vote to select one. | Disabled |
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Time zone | Indicates the default time zone to use for the server. Africa/Abidjan | Africa/Accra | Africa/Addis_Ababa | Africa/Algiers | Africa/Asmara | Africa/Bamako | Africa/Bangui | Africa/Banjul | Africa/Bissau | Africa/Blantyre | Africa/Brazzaville | Africa/Bujumbura | Africa/Cairo | Africa/Casablanca | Africa/Ceuta | Africa/Conakry | Africa/Dakar | Africa/Dar_es_Salaam | Africa/Djibouti | Africa/Douala | Africa/El_Aaiun | Africa/Freetown | Africa/Gaboron... |
UTC |
| Displayed time zone | Use time zone set from user preferences, or the automatically detected time zone for anonymous (if browser allows). Site default is used as fallback. Always the site default time zone. | Use time zone set from user preferences, or the automatically detected time zone for anonymous (if browser allows). Site default is used as fallback. |
Use time zone set from user... |
| Long date format | Specify how Tiki displays the date (longer version) | %A %B %e, %Y |
| Short date format | Specify how Tiki displays the date (shorter version) | %Y-%m-%d |
| Long time format | Specify how Tiki displays the time (longer version) | %H:%M:%S %Z |
| Short time format | Specify how Tiki displays the time (shorter version) | %H:%M |
| Short JavaScript date format | Used in jQuery-UI date picker fields | yy-mm-dd |
| Short JavaScript time format | Used in jQuery-UI datetime picker fields | HH:mm |
| Fields display order | The order date field inputs should be listed in. Day Month Year | Day Year Month | Month Day Year | Month Year Day | Year Day Month | Year Month Day |
Month Day Year |
| Start year | Year to show first in dropdown lists. For example, use "-2" for the current year minus two, or "2010" for a specific year |
-3 year(s) |
| End year | Year to show last on dropdown lists. For example, use "+2" for the current year plus two, or "2016" for a specific year |
+1 year(s) |
| Use 12-hour clock for time selectors | Use the 12-hour clock (with AM and PM) in some edit screens to set the time for publishing new or edited blog posts, articles, etc. | Disabled |
| Skip date for same day | When displaying short date and time, skip date for today. Only time will be displayed. | Enabled |
| jQuery Timeago | jQuery plugin for fuzzy timestamps. | Disabled |
| Plugin Now | Show the current date and time. | Enabled |
| Plugin Countdown | Display the time until or after a date and time | Disabled |
| Plugin TimeSheet | Embed a timesheet into a page | Disabled |
| Plugin Convene | Suggest meeting dates and times and vote to select one. | Disabled |
Tip: When you save your changes, Tiki will display a sample of the selected date and time formats.
Date and Time Formats
See http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php for more information on PHP date and time formats.
Day
| Format Character | Description |
|---|---|
| %a | Abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale |
| %A | Full weekday name according to the current locale |
| %d | Day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31) |
| %e | Day of the month as a decimal number, a single digit is preceded by a space (range 1 to 31) |
| %u | Day of the week as a decimal, with 1 representing Monday (range 1 to 7) |
| %w | Day of the week as a decimal, with 0 being Sunday (range 0 to 6) |
| %j | Day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366) |
Week
| Format Character | Description |
|---|---|
| %U | Week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week |
| %W | Week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week |
| %V | The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week. (Use %G or %g for the year component that corresponds to the week number for the specified timestamp.) |
Month
| Format Character | Description |
|---|---|
| %b | Abbreviated month name according to the current locale |
| %B | Full month name according to the current locale |
| %m | Month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12) |
Year
| Format Character | Description |
|---|---|
| %C | Century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer, range 00 to 99) |
| %G | The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V). This has the same format and value as %Y, except that if the ISO week number belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. |
| %g | Like %G, but without the century. |
| %y | Year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99) |
| %Y | Year as a decimal number including the century |
Time
| Format Character | Description |
|---|---|
| %H | Hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23) |
| %I | Hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12) |
| %M | Minute as a decimal number |
| %p | Either am or pm according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale |
| %r | Time in a.m. and p.m. notation |
| %R | Time in 24 hour notation |
| %S | Second as a decimal number |
| %T | Current time, equal to %H:%M:%S |
Notes
| Format Character | Description |
|---|---|
| %c | Preferred date and time representation for the current locale |
| %x | Preferred date representation for the current locale without the time |
| %X | Preferred time representation for the current locale without the date |
| %D | Same as %m/%d/%y |
| %h | Same as %b |
| %n | Newline character |
| %t | Tab character |
| %Z or %z | Time zone or name or abbreviation |
| %% | A literal % character |