# Customize Date Output

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/customize-date-output/6927>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [March 13, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/customize-date-output/6927 "2017-03-13T01:10:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![withlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f1d935/32.png) [@withlove](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/withlove)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/customize-date-output/6927/1 "2017-03-13T01:10:17Z")

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Hi there,

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I’m wondering what would be the best way to customize the date tag so it outputs the full name of the month? ex. 12th March 2017

`<?php echo $page->date('d / m / Y') ?>`

any advice would be wonderful.

xx

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**Author:** ![pedroborges](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/pedroborges/32/7038_2.png) [@pedroborges](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/pedroborges)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/customize-date-output/6927/2 "2017-03-13T01:34:30Z")

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By default the PHP `date` function handles date formatting in Kirby. You can see all the available formats on the PHP manual: [http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php](http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php)

In your case it would be:

```php
<?php echo $page->date('jS F Y') ?>

```

This works well for English alone. If you need it for a multilingual site, use the `strftime` [date handler](https://getkirby.com/docs/cheatsheet/options/date-handler) and check out [the manual](http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php) for that on the PHP site too.

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**Author:** ![withlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f1d935/32.png) [@withlove](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/withlove)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/customize-date-output/6927/3 "2017-03-13T02:06:30Z")

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> [@pedroborges](#):
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> \<?php echo $page-\>date(‘jS F Y’) ?\>

lovley very helpful.  
thank you pedroborges!

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**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/customize-date-output/6927/4 "2025-02-06T16:50:28Z")

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