[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # date format in order creation notification email ## - **[kattenzorg](/forum/user/38616-kattenzorg "View kattenzorg's Profile")** - [![kattenzorg's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/38616-kattenzorg "View kattenzorg's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/38616-kattenzorg) Less More - Posts: 6 - Thank you received: 0 - - 11 years 1 month ago - 11 years 1 month ago [\#214399](#214399) by [kattenzorg](/forum/user/38616-kattenzorg "View kattenzorg's Profile") *[date format in order creation notification email](/forum/35-orders-management/879312-date-format-in-order-creation-notification-email#214399 "-- HikaShop version -- : HikaShop Business: 2.5.0 -- Joomla version -- : 2.5.28 -- PHP version -- : 5.2.11 In the order creation email, my order comes in with the message (sorry... in Dutch): Bedankt voor van uw bestelling met Nr. C6Z8 via www.kattenzorg-denhaag.nl/joomla2/ op 2015-09-16 om 14:06 As you can see the date format is not exactly user-friendly. I'd really rather "16 september 2015" (in Dutch) In the preloaded on line 96 is the following: hikashop_getDate(time(),'%d %B %Y') As you can see that is not what is showing up in the email, and any other format change I make is also not working (eg. %l %d %F %Y). I've edited the preloaded for a number of other changes I wanted to implement and they've worked fine. Oh, and one other question: Can I remove the telephone number from the user information in the order creation email? I still want users to enter their number when registering, I just don't want it in the email. Please advise. Thanks in advance.")* was created by *[kattenzorg](/forum/user/38616-kattenzorg "View kattenzorg's Profile")* -- HikaShop version -- : HikaShop Business: 2.5.0 -- Joomla version -- : 2.5.28 -- PHP version -- : 5.2.11 In the order creation email, my order comes in with the message (sorry... in Dutch): Bedankt voor van uw bestelling met Nr. C6Z8 via [ www.kattenzorg-denhaag.nl/joomla2/](http://www.kattenzorg-denhaag.nl/joomla2/) op 2015-09-16 om 14:06 As you can see the date format is not exactly user-friendly. I'd really rather "16 september 2015" (in Dutch) In the preloaded on line 96 is the following: hikashop_getDate(time(),'%d %B %Y') As you can see that is not what is showing up in the email, and any other format change I make is also not working (eg. %l %d %F %Y). I've edited the preloaded for a number of other changes I wanted to implement and they've worked fine. Oh, and one other question: Can I remove the telephone number from the user information in the order creation email? I still want users to enter their number when registering, I just don't want it in the email. Please advise. Thanks in advance. Last edit: 11 years 1 month ago by [kattenzorg](/forum/user/38616-kattenzorg "View kattenzorg's Profile"). 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C6Z8 via www.kattenzorg-denhaag.nl/joomla2/ op 2015-09-16 om 14:06 As you can see the date format is not exactly user-friendly. I'd really rather "16 september 2015" (in Dutch) In the preloaded on line 96 is the following: hikashop_getDate(time(),'%d %B %Y') As you can see that is not what is showing up in the email, and any other format change I make is also not working (eg. %l %d %F %Y). I've edited the preloaded for a number of other changes I wanted to implement and they've worked fine. Oh, and one other question: Can I remove the telephone number from the user information in the order creation email? I still want users to enter their number when registering, I just don't want it in the email. Please advise. Thanks in advance.")* Hi, The format can be modified with a translation override of these translation keys: HIKASHOP_DATE_FORMAT="%Y-%m-%d" HIKASHOP_EXTENDED_DATE_FORMAT="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M" [ hikashop.com/download/languages.html#modify](https://hikashop.com/download/languages.html#modify) If you want to remove the phone number, you can edit the file "address_template" for both your frontend and your backend template via the menu Display>Views and remove the corresponding tag. 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C6Z8 via www.kattenzorg-denhaag.nl/joomla2/ op 2015-09-16 om 14:06 As you can see the date format is not exactly user-friendly. I'd really rather "16 september 2015" (in Dutch) In the preloaded on line 96 is the following: hikashop_getDate(time(),'%d %B %Y') As you can see that is not what is showing up in the email, and any other format change I make is also not working (eg. %l %d %F %Y). I've edited the preloaded for a number of other changes I wanted to implement and they've worked fine. Oh, and one other question: Can I remove the telephone number from the user information in the order creation email? I still want users to enter their number when registering, I just don't want it in the email. Please advise. Thanks in advance.")* That worked. Excellent. Thank you so much. 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C6Z8 via www.kattenzorg-denhaag.nl/joomla2/ op 2015-09-16 om 14:06 As you can see the date format is not exactly user-friendly. I'd really rather "16 september 2015" (in Dutch) In the preloaded on line 96 is the following: hikashop_getDate(time(),'%d %B %Y') As you can see that is not what is showing up in the email, and any other format change I make is also not working (eg. %l %d %F %Y). I've edited the preloaded for a number of other changes I wanted to implement and they've worked fine. Oh, and one other question: Can I remove the telephone number from the user information in the order creation email? I still want users to enter their number when registering, I just don't want it in the email. Please advise. Thanks in advance.")* Actually, I'm afraid to say I was a little quick in responding saying it was all fine. ![:(](/media/kunena/emoticons/5.png ":(") As far as the date format is concerned, when I change the language file: to : HIKASHOP_EXTENDED_DATE_FORMAT="%d %m %Y %H:%M" I get the expected: 27 09 2015 om 14:54 (its in Dutch) However when I change the month format to : HIKASHOP_EXTENDED_DATE_FORMAT="%d %F %Y %H:%M" I get: 27 %september 2015 om 14:55 Note the extra percentage sign before the month (lack of capital for the start of the month name is normal in Dutch - its just the extra % that needs to go). Any ideas?? Thanks again. 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C6Z8 via www.kattenzorg-denhaag.nl/joomla2/ op 2015-09-16 om 14:06 As you can see the date format is not exactly user-friendly. I'd really rather "16 september 2015" (in Dutch) In the preloaded on line 96 is the following: hikashop_getDate(time(),'%d %B %Y') As you can see that is not what is showing up in the email, and any other format change I make is also not working (eg. %l %d %F %Y). I've edited the preloaded for a number of other changes I wanted to implement and they've worked fine. Oh, and one other question: Can I remove the telephone number from the user information in the order creation email? I still want users to enter their number when registering, I just don't want it in the email. Please advise. Thanks in advance.")* Hi, " %F " is an incorrect tag for the Joomla function date. The right tag is " %B ". As you wrote in your first message > hikashop\_getDate(time(),'%d %B %Y') Regards, --- Jerome - Obsidev.com HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team. 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C6Z8 via www.kattenzorg-denhaag.nl/joomla2/ op 2015-09-16 om 14:06 As you can see the date format is not exactly user-friendly. I'd really rather "16 september 2015" (in Dutch) In the preloaded on line 96 is the following: hikashop_getDate(time(),'%d %B %Y') As you can see that is not what is showing up in the email, and any other format change I make is also not working (eg. %l %d %F %Y). I've edited the preloaded for a number of other changes I wanted to implement and they've worked fine. Oh, and one other question: Can I remove the telephone number from the user information in the order creation email? I still want users to enter their number when registering, I just don't want it in the email. Please advise. Thanks in advance.")* Oops. Sorry. Seriously blonde moment. 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