This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem:
The issue here was that the user was using the event calendar plugin to display their date fields, however when retrieving the date values with the [wpv-post-field name="_EventStartDate"] shortcode that our views plugin provides they are getting a timestamp value.
Solution:
To resolve this you will need to use some custom code to convert the timestamp to a human readable format.
Add the following to your toolset custom code section in Toolset->Settings-> Custom code and activate it.
// Add Shortcode
function format_date( $atts ) {
// Attributes
$atts = shortcode_atts(
array(
'date' => '',
),
$atts
);
$date = $atts['date'];
return date("l M, d, Y", strtotime($date));
}
add_shortcode( 'format_date', 'format_date' );
This shortcode will convert the timestamp into a human readable date.
An example usage is [format_date date="[wpv-post-field name='_EventStartDate']"]
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Last updated by 5 years, 3 months ago.
Assisted by: Shane.
Tell us what you are trying to do?
Make the date output look more user friendly. ie: "30 September 2019" - rather than "2019-09-30 18:30:00"
Is there any documentation that you are following?
no
Is there a similar example that we can see?
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