[Resolved] form email notification %%DATE_TIME%% placeholder returning wrong format.

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[matthiasB-6]

I wanted to send the current time in the text of the email notification for the user data.
Unfortunately, the placeholder %%DATE_TIME%% does not work as I wanted.
It outputs the date as Y-m-d H: i: s format and not as j.m.Y H: i: s (which I have preset in the WordPress settings) in the e-mail.

[matthiasB-6]

I had already found this problem in a post several years old, but I didn't know the ID yet.

Hopefully it won't take as many years to get fixed.

[Jamal]

I have escalated this bug to our 2nd Tier for another evaluation, and I'll share the workaround again here for other users to benefit from.

add_filter('cred_body_notification_codes', 'my_date_time_format', 999, 3); 
function my_date_time_format($defaultPlaceHolders,$form_id,$post_id) {
  if($form_id == 14) {
    $new_datetime = date("d.m.Y H:i:s", strtotime($defaultPlaceHolders['%%DATE_TIME%%']));
    $defaultPlaceHolders['%%DATE_TIME%%'] = $new_datetime;
    
    return $defaultPlaceHolders;
  } 
}

I'll get back to you as soon as we have any feedback.

[Jamal]

Hello again, our 2nd Tier has escalated this bug to the developers to be fixed in an upcoming release. He also improved the custom code solution that I shared to make it work for all forms, and to make it take the date_time format from the system instead of hardcoding it:

add_filter( 'cred_subject_notification_codes', 'ts_date_placeholder' );
add_filter( 'cred_body_notification_codes', 'ts_date_placeholder' );
function ts_date_placeholder( $placeholders ){

    $date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
    $time_format = get_option( 'time_format' );

    $now = date( $date_format.' '.$time_format, current_time( 'timestamp' ) );

    $placeholders['%%DATE_TIME%%'] = $now;

    return $placeholders;
}