[Resolved] Event start date

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[digitalF]

I'm using the Tribe Events plugin and trying to get the events start date inserted into my view. The only option I can see date wise is the post date. How can I have the event start short-code displayed in my view?

Many thanks

[Christian Cox]

You can create a custom shortcode using their API. Add this code in your child theme's functions.php file, or create a new snippet in Toolset > Settings > Custom code:

add_shortcode('tribe-start-date', 'tribe_start_date_shortcode');
function tribe_start_date_shortcode() {
  global $post;
  return tribe_get_start_date( $post->ID, true );
}

Then in your View:

Event start date: [tribe-start-date]

Their API documentation is here if you want to change the output format, hide the time, or whatever:
https://theeventscalendar.com/function/tribe_get_start_date/

[digitalF]

Hi Cristain,

Thank you so much, that's worked a charm! One small tweak however, the date is currently displaying as: 14th February, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

The day format I was previously using was: (l dS F Y) - is there any way I can add this to the short-code?

Thanks again for your help!

[Christian Cox]

Yes, I believe the third parameter of the tribe_get_start_date function can be a string PHP format. So you can add it directly like this:

return tribe_get_start_date( $post->ID, true, '(l dS F Y)' );

[digitalF]

Thanks Christian, I've changed the code in the settings to:

add_shortcode('tribe-start-date', 'tribe_start_date_shortcode');
function tribe_start_date_shortcode() {
global $post;
return tribe_get_start_date( $post->ID, true, '(l dS F Y)' );
}

I'm still seeing the 'time' in the frontend next to where the date is. Do I need to modify the view short-code? So just the date is shown without the time.

Many thanks

[Christian Cox]

Yes, the second parameter to tribe_get_start_date should be false instead of true. Screenshot of the corresponding documentation here for your reference.

return tribe_get_start_date( $post->ID, false, '(l dS F Y)' );

[digitalF]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you very much for all your help!