Title: Current Date & Time Widget Author: Chris Jean Published: June 13, 2008 Last modified: July 2, 2008 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/current-date-time-widget.svg) # Current Date & Time Widget By [Chris Jean](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisjean/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/current-date-time-widget.1.0.3.zip) * [Details](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/current-date-time-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/current-date-time-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/current-date-time-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/current-date-time-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/current-date-time-widget/) ## Description This is a fairly simple plugin used to display the date and time in any widget-enabled location. There were two goals for this plugin: * Provide a means to have the date and time produced match a specific timezone. * Enable complete customization over how the date and time is formatted. I think that I’ve done a fairly good job of meeting those goals. Admittedly, setting either field is fairly user-unfriendly. The timezone specified must match [PHP’s List of Supported Timezones](http://us3.php.net/timezones). The date and time format has the same requirements as the format parameter of [PHP’s date() function](http://us.php.net/date)( for obvious reasons since the defined format is actually passed directly to the date function in the code 🙂 ). If this plugin gets enough attention and use, I’ll find ways of easing the use. I think a series of drop-downs would make selecting the options easier, so that would be the option used if people are interested. If you happen to be one of those interested people, please send me a message on our [contact page](http://realthemes.com/contact-us/). ### Version History * 1.0.1 – 2008-06-04 – Basic proof of concept * 1.0.2 – 2008-06-12 – Contained plugin code inside a class to prevent namespace collisions. Standardized code with coding style (http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/ wp-hackers/2006-July/006930.html) * 1.0.3 – 2008-07-01 – Added support for PHP 4 ## Installation 1. Download and unzip the latest release zip file 2. Upload the entire current-date-time-widget directory to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 4. Go to the ‘Widgets’ page and add the ‘Current Date & Time’ widget to the desired area 5. Click ‘Edit’ next to the widget to customize the options ## FAQ What do I enter for my Timezone? You can find all the supported timezones on [PHP’s List of Supported Timezones](http://us3.php.net/timezones). Click on the link representing the region your located in and then find the matching timezone. The timezone you specify must exactly match one of the listed timezones. What does Format mean? Format allows you to define your own customized date and time output format. The format used for the date and time is the same format used by [PHP’s date() function](http://us.php.net/date). This format allows you to create date and time output that is extremely flexible and should meet most everyone’s needs. Examples: * ‘l jS \of F Y h:i:s A’ produces output with a format of ‘Monday 8th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM’. * ‘l’ simply outputs the full name of the day, such as ‘Monday’. * You can even include text in the output. Each letter must be escaped by a \ first.‘ l \t\h\e jS’ produces output with a format of ‘Monday the 8th’. * ‘F j, Y, g:i a’ produces ‘August 8, 2005, 3:12 pm’. * You can even just show the date: ‘M j’ produces ‘Aug 8’. * Or you can just show the time: ‘H:i:s’ produces ’15:12:46′. As you can see, the format may be a bit confusing at first, but it is very capable of allowing you to specify just how you’d like to display the date and time. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Current Date & Time Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Chris Jean ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisjean/) * [ Chris Jean ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisbliss18/) [Translate “Current Date & Time Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/current-date-time-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/current-date-time-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/current-date-time-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/current-date-time-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/current-date-time-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.0.3** * Last updated **18 years ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 2.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **2.5.1** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/current-date-time-widget/) * Tags * [date](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/date/)[time](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/time/) [timezone](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/timezone/) * [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/current-date-time-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/current-date-time-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/current-date-time-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Chris Jean ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisjean/) * [ Chris Jean ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chrisbliss18/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/current-date-time-widget/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://blog.realthemes.com/donations/)