Supported Date Formats

Here a few examples of supported date formats that you can use when you set up the date format and time on the Event Smart > Settings > General screen.

F j, Y -- January 15, 2019
j.F.Y -- 15.January.2019
Y/m/d -- 2019/01/15
m/d/Y -- 01/15/2019
d-m-y -- 15-01-2019
y-m-d -- 19-01-15

Each format character represents:

F = Full textual name for the month.
M = Abbreviated textual name for the month.
m = The month with leading zeros.
n = The month without leading zeros.
d = The day of the month, with leading zeros.
j = The day of the month without leading zeros.
Y = The year in 4 digits. (lower-case y gives the year's last 2 digits)

A note from the official PHP documentation explains how the month and day are determined when converted from a string:

Dates in the m/d/y or d-m-y formats are disambiguated by looking at the separator between the various components: if the separator is a slash (/), then the American m/d/y is assumed; whereas if the separator is a dash (-) or a dot (.), then the European d-m-y format is assumed.

Examples of non-supported formats that PHP can't disambiguate follow:

d/m/Y
j, F Y