How to change Joomla date format in a component

Question

I would like to change the backend Joomla 3.0 date format for a custom component. Right now the component is taking the Joomla date backend format which is Y-m-d and that I need to change to d-m-Y for the custom component. I couldn't find where to change that format.

But one thing I found that the component date format code is coming from the following code:

<?php echo $item->date; ?>

And I would like to show the date in the following format:

echo date_format($date, 'd-m-Y H:i:s');

But don't know how I am going to implement it with the Joomla code. Need an idea on this.

Answer 1

You can set the date using JHtml as shown below:

<?php echo JHtml::_('date', $item->date, 'd-m-Y H:i:s'); ?>

So all you need to do is replace <?php echo $item->date; ?> with the above code

Answer 2

You can use pre formated strings and change in language files ex.: /language/en-GB/en-GB.ini

DATE_FORMAT_LC="l, d F Y"

DATE_FORMAT_LC1="l, d F Y"

DATE_FORMAT_LC2="l, d F Y H:i"

DATE_FORMAT_LC3="d F Y"

DATE_FORMAT_LC4="d.m.y"

DATE_FORMAT_JS1="d-m-y"

Answer 3

For the purpose of J4 versions, I thought this may be of assistance to others.

use \Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
use \Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;

echo HtmlHelper::date($date, Text::_('DATE_FORMAT_LC2'));