Background of the issue:
I am trying to set the time format to German on my WordPress site hidden link. After resolving an issue with the date format on the admin's update page with Lauren's help, the time format is now incorrectly set to English. My WordPress installation is using H:i for 24-hour time, but it is displaying 4:30 pm, which is incorrect.
Symptoms:
The time format is displaying in English (e.g., 4:30 pm) instead of the 24-hour format (H:i) despite the WordPress settings.
Questions:
What exact menu do I need to open in my WordPress admin interface to change the time format setting?
Is it okay with you if I install and activate a plugin called String Locator? I believe this may help me find the location of the string that is causing the issue.
I was able to resolve this by pasting a custom function in your theme's functions.php file. I recommend creating a child theme and moving it there, otherwise whenever you update the theme, it will get overwritten. I'm also reporting this to our development team so that they can fix this permanently. The snippet, so you have it in case you need it again, is this:
add_filter('gettext', 'wpml_date_format_multilingual', 10, 3);
function wpml_date_format_multilingual($translated, $original, $domain) {
// Only run in admin and only for sitepress domain
if ($domain !== 'sitepress' || !is_admin()) {
return $translated;
}
// Only check for date format strings
if ($original !== 'g:i a T' && $original !== 'F j, Y') {
return $translated;
}
$current_lang = apply_filters('wpml_current_language', NULL);
// Date format translations
if ($original === 'F j, Y') {
switch ($current_lang) {
case 'de': // German
return 'j. F Y'; // 1. Oktober 2025
case 'cs': // Czech
return 'j. F Y'; // 1. října 2025
case 'fr': // French
return 'j F Y'; // 1 octobre 2025
case 'es': // Spanish
return 'j \d\e F \d\e Y'; // 1 de octubre de 2025
}
}
// Time format translations (24-hour for all)
if ($original === 'g:i a T') {
switch ($current_lang) {
case 'de': // German
case 'cs': // Czech
case 'fr': // French
case 'es': // Spanish
return 'H:i T'; // 15:19 CEST
}
}
return $translated;
}
Please let me know if you need any further assistance and I will be happy to help.
