Date format codes ignored or cut short
Date format codes in the shortcode are ignored, escaped incorrectly, or return only part of the date, so the output does not match the site's format.
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5 public reports · first reported 3 February 2021 · last reported 8 February 2024
What's going wrong
Site owners who write the date shortcode with a custom format report that the output does not match what they typed. Some formats fall back to a default style, some return only the month name, and escaped characters or spaced format strings are rejected. Users who want day names, ordinal suffixes, or wording such as of in their dates cannot get them without guessing. Bloggers, news sites and small businesses that publish dated content feel this most. A reliable format tester that previews output for each code would make the shortcode dependable for non-technical editors.
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Products affected
Shortcode for Current Date.
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Who has this problem
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