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[Resolved] Trying to display the current month

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Problem: I would like to display the current month inside a View.

Solution: There's no built-in way to display the current date. Add this code to your child theme's functions.php file, or create a new snippet in Toolset > Settings > Custom Code:

add_shortcode( 'ts_format_date_intl', 'ts_format_date_intl_func');
function ts_format_date_intl_func( $atts, $content ) {
  $a = shortcode_atts( array(
      'format' => '%c',
      'timestamp' => time()
  ), $atts );
 
  return strftime( $a['format'], $a['timestamp'] );
}

Then you can display the current month by adding this shortcode:

[ts_format_date_intl format="%B"]

Relevant Documentation:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php

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Last updated by jasonw-2 6 years ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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#1140436

Hi there,

Could you please help me. I am trying to display the current month within a view. So if the current month is November, I'd like to be able to display that. I just can't seem to figure it out.

Thanks as always. You all are the best. 🙂

#1140725

There's no built-in way to do this in WordPress or Toolset. I have a custom shortcode that can help, it's a proxy to PHP strftime(). Add this code to your child theme's functions.php file, or create a new snippet in Toolset > Settings > Custom Code:

add_shortcode( 'ts_format_date_intl', 'ts_format_date_intl_func');
function ts_format_date_intl_func( $atts, $content ) {
  $a = shortcode_atts( array(
      'format' => '%c',
      'timestamp' => time()
  ), $atts );

  return strftime( $a['format'], $a['timestamp'] );
}

Then you can display the current month by adding this shortcode:

[ts_format_date_intl format="%B"]

More information about the different date formats available here:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php

#1142390

You are the man. THANK YOU so much. 🙂