- Click 'User Control Panel'.
- Click 'Board Preferences'.
- Select either a predefined format or Custom... from the 'My date format' dropdown.
- If you selected Custom..., edit the custom format in the text box below the dropdown.
See below for a list of codes that you can use. - Click Submit.
Day
j = day of the month without leading zeros: 1 to 31
d = day of the month with leading zeros: 01 to 31
D = day of the week, abbreviated: Mon through Sun
l (lowercase 'L') = day of the week, full: Sunday through Saturday
S = ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters: st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j.
Month
n = month number without leading zeros: 1 through 12
m = month number with leading zeros: 01 through 12
M = name of the month, abbreviated: Jan through Dec
F = name of the month, full: January through December
Year
y = year, 2 digits: 99, 00, ...
Y = year, 4 digits: 1999, 2000, ...
Time
a = am or pm
A = AM or PM
g = 12-hour format hour without leading zeros: 1 through 12
h = 12-hour format hour with leading zeros: 01 through 12
G = 24-hour format hour without leading zeros 0 through 23
H = 24-hour format hour with leading zeros: 00 through 23
i = minutes with leading zeros: 00 to 59
Complete formats
c = ISO 8601 formatted date and time, e.g. 2010-02-08T13:25:21+01:00
r = RFC 2822 formatted date and time, e.g. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:25:21 +0100
For an overview of all available codes, see PHP: date - Manual.
Examples:
d-M-Y H:i results in 08-Jan-2010 13:25
l, F jS Y, g:i A results in Friday, January 8th 2010, 1:25 PM