Title: Date Tool
Author: gordi555
Published: <strong>Juny 27, 2013</strong>
Last modified: Agost 10, 2014

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# Date Tool

 By [gordi555](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gordi555/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/date-tool.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/date-tool/#installation)
 * [Development](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/date-tool/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/date-tool/)

## Description

This simple plugin makes it possible to insert the current date, time or date & 
time related information into your website. This is very handy if you are manually
updating the date & time information and want to do this automatically in the future.

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## Installation

 1. Upload `plugin-name.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Place `<?php do_action('plugin_name_hook'); ?>` in your templates and use the ‘
    format’ argument to display the current date and time information in a number of
    different ways.

## FAQ

  What’s the easiest way to get this working after installation?

Simply insert the following code into your post to display the current year.

[datetool_current format=”Y”]
 This displays: 2013

  What else can you use in the ‘format’ argument to display the current date and
time information?

For a complete reference and combinations you can visit this page: http://php.net/
manual/en/function.date.php

Some examples…

Shortcode: [datetool_current format=”Y”]
 Output: 2013 (or what the current year
is)

Shortcode: [datetool_current format=”d”]
 Output: 16 (or what number the current
day is)

Shortcode: [datetool_current format=”jS F Y”]
 Output: 24th June 2013 (or what number
the current date is)

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Date Tool” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ gordi555 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gordi555/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/date-tool/), check 
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/date-tool/), or subscribe
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## Changelog

2013-06-23 Plugin created.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **12 anys ago**
 *  Active installations **70+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/date-tool/)
 * Tags
 * [current date](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/current-date/)[current day](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/current-day/)
   [current month](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/current-month/)[date](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/date/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/date-tool/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ gordi555 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gordi555/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/date-tool/)

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