Shinydrive

Applying Customized Timestamps on Versions

There are two types of timestamps that most sites use. Relative timestamps display the number of minutes, hours, days, weeks, or years ago a post was published. Absolute timestamps display the exact date and time a post was published.

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Shinydrive is set to display relative timestamps by default.

Enabling a Custom Date Format

  1. Log into Shinydrive Admin

  2. Navigate to GENERAL SETTINGS

  3. Enable Custom Date Format

  4. Enter the new date format

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  5. Review the Preview to validate

  6. Save

Example Date Formats

  • MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm a

    • Preview: May 16th 2023, 9:09 am

  • MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm A

    • Preview: 05/16/2023 09:09 AM

  • LLLL

    • Preview: Monday, 16 May, 2023 9:09 AM

Supported Tokens

Meaning

Token

Output

Month





M

1 2 … 11 12

Mo

1st 2nd … 11th 12th

MM

01 02 … 11 12

MMM

Jan Feb … Nov Dec

MMMM

January February … November December

Day of Month



D

1 2 … 30 31

Do

1st 2nd … 30th 31st

DD

01 02 … 30 31

Day of Week



dd

Su Mo … Fr Sa

ddd

Sun Mon … Fri Sat

dddd

Sunday Monday … Friday Saturday

Year


YY

70 71 … 29 30

YYYY

1970 1971 … 2029 2030

AM/PM


A

AM PM

a

am pm

Hour




H

0 1 … 22 23

HH

00 01 … 22 23

h

1 2 … 11 12

hh

01 02 … 11 12

Minute


m

0 1 … 58 59

mm

00 01 … 58 59

Second


s

0 1 … 58 59

ss

00 01 … 58 59

Supported Single Tokens (Canada)

There are also localized formats represented by a single Token that can be used.

Token

Output – Canada (English)

Output – Canada (French)

LT

12:12 PM

12:12

L

2017-04-27

2017-04-27

l

2017-4-27

2017-4-27

LL

April 27, 2017

27 avril 2017

ll

Apr 27, 2017

27 avr. 2017

LLL

April 27, 2017 12:12 PM

27 avril 2017 12:12

lll

Apr 27, 2017 12:12 PM

27 avr. 2017 12:12

LLLL

Thursday, April 27, 2017 12:12 PM

jeudi 27 avril 2017 12:12

llll

Thu, Apr 27, 2017 12:12 PM

jeu. 27 avr. 2017 12:12