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title: "Modifying Date, Time, or Entry Date field formats"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/customizing-your-views/modifying-date-time-or-entry-date-field-formats/"
---

If you have a Date, Time, or Entry Date field, you can customize the formatting using [PHP date formatting functions.](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/customize-date-and-time-format/)

Here's how to apply that date formatting:

### Here's that pesky date you want to change:

![Date field displaying "09/18/2012" for format modification in documentation](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/here-s-that-pesky-date-you-want-to-change-.png?1424818680)

### Click the Settings icon next to the Date or Time field you would like to modify

![Settings icon next to Date field highlighted for modification](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/click-the-settings-icon-next-to-the-date-or-time-field-you-would-like-to-modify.png?1424818685)

### Enter the date format you want.

For more information on the date format, [read this article about formatting the date & time](https://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time).

![Override Date Format settings with input field for custom date format using PHP date format](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/enter-the-date-format-you-want.png?1424818691)

### Click the "Close" button

![Close button highlighted, indicating how to exit the date format modification dialog](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/click-the-close-button.png?1424818695)

### Save the View

![Shortcode example for embedding a GravityView with ID 2960 and secret option](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-ZuDJbCy0YP.png)

### Your date will now be formatted as you defined!

And there you go, the date, as you like it:

![Date field showing formatted date and time: "09-18-2012 12:00:00"](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/your-date-will-now-be-formatted-as-you-defined-.png?1424818706)