[Resolved] Show custom date field in custom post list display

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[nicolaT-2]

Hi,
in the list view of my custom post type "eventi" (events) I added a column to show the custom field "data-inizio" (start date).
To do it I used the code found in this post: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/adding-columns-to-custom-post-list-display/.
The colum is showing but not in the expected format, for instance the date "9 june 2018, 6pm" becomes "1528567200" in the backend list view... How can I show the date in an understandable way? Is it also possible to choose its format? I'd like to see just "9 june 2018" without the hour).

Here is the code i added in my functions.php:
//Add custom column in archivio eventi nel backend
add_filter('manage_edit-evento_columns', 'my_columns_head');
function my_columns_head($defaults) {
$defaults['colonna-data-evento'] = 'Data inizio';
return $defaults;
}
//Add rows data
add_action( 'manage_evento_posts_custom_column' , 'my_custom_column', 10, 2 );
function my_custom_column($column, $post_id ){
switch ( $column ) {
case 'colonna-data-evento':
echo get_post_meta( $post_id , 'wpcf-data-inizio' , true );
break;
}
}

Thanks for your tips!
Nicola

[Luo Yang]

Hello,

Please try to modify this line from:

echo get_post_meta( $post_id , 'wpcf-data-inizio' , true );

To:

$data_inizio = get_post_meta( $post_id , 'wpcf-data-inizio' , true );
echo date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ), $data_inizio ); 

More help:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/date_i18n
Retrieve the date in localized format, based on timestamp.

[nicolaT-2]

Thanks a lot Luo! It's perfect!

Nicola