So the good news is that I was a good lad and used search to locate an answer to my issue. The even better news is that I found it has been covered numerous times. And yet more good news is that the topics I found neatly pointed to the same page for the answer. The bad news is that this page is no l…

That topic was wildly out of date. Answer is here [image] Show post Year? support I’m kinda guessing here - but I think this will do it. Use Admin > Customize > Text Content … search for 'YY which will list: js.dates.tiny.date_year MMM 'YY js.dates.medium.date_year …

Thank you, Jeff. It’s not too easy to distinguish topics that are wildly out of date :), given that the one you reference is almost 4 years old. I did see that topic but it seemed like a bit of a hack. A string with “tiny” in the name feels like it should use YY. Modifying it to use YYYY may resolv…

Changing tiny and fixing what breaks with CSS is likely the easiest path.

Not trying to be argumentative, Jay, but why is changing the tiny string definition to use the long form and then hunting around to find / test other references to that string easier than simply changing the relevant template to use the appropriately named long form? The former seems rather cumbers…

Changing the value in the web interface is easy and doesn’t require you to override the template, which has lots of other stuff in it, that might change in the future. It is reasonably likely that nothing will break, and if it does, the css you’d change in a theme is exactly what you’d do by overrid…

This is simply editing text in the same way you would edit text anywhere in Discourse via Admin, Customize. It is not risky at all and cannot be “broken” by updates. It is the simplest and easiest way to achieve the customization you desire.

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) August 14, 2019, 4:30am 2

That topic was wildly out of date. Answer is here

Topic		Replies	Views
Can current version change the date format? Support	4	1848	March 26, 2021
Change to DD Mmm / Mmm 'YY for post dates UX	35	7466	February 13, 2024
Short date format on old posts: YYYY vs 'YY UX completed	20	1995	February 17, 2024
Post date display Support	4	798	February 26, 2023
Show post Year? Support	4	2728	December 28, 2015

Changing post date format

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