Change format in "date field" extra field

[topbidz +]

In the Regional settings you can change the date format for the site and admin. Is there also a way to change the format when you use the "date field" type in the extra fields?

Now mine is set to display like this: 2008-04-18 and I would like it to display like this: April 18, 2008

[Eric Barnes]

What you can do is go to administration and get the field id you are wanting to format.

Next open the template file and locate the section that looks like this:

{* Extra Fields *}
            {foreach from=$extrafields item=extras}
            <tr>
                <td><strong>{$extras.title}:</strong></td>
                <td>
                    {if isset($extras.value)}
                      {foreach key=key item=item from=$extras.value}
                        {$item}<br />
                        {foreachelse}
                        {$extras.value}
                      {/foreach}
                     {/if}
                </td>
            </tr>
            {/foreach}
            {* End Extra Fields *}

Then add an if like this:

{* Extra Fields *}
            {foreach from=$extrafields item=extras}
            <tr>
                <td><strong>{$extras.title}:</strong></td>
                <td>
                    {if isset($extras.value)}
                      {foreach key=key item=item from=$extras.value}
                          {if $extras.fID==3}
                          {$item|date_format:$dateformat}<br />
                          {else}
                        {$item}<br />
                        {/if}
                        {foreachelse}
                        {$extras.value}
                      {/foreach}
                     {/if}
                </td>
            </tr>
            {/foreach}
            {* End Extra Fields *}

Where 3 is the field id you want to format.

[topbidz +]

Hi Eric

I added the code but get the following error message:

Fatal error: Smarty error: [in viewlisting2.tpl line 131]: syntax error: mismatched tag {/foreach}. expected {/if} (opened line 127). (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 2300) in /home/lixqwyiv/public_html/includes/classes/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1095

Not sure where I went wrong.

Also I have 2 date fields to change, a start date and an end date. How would I add in the second field?

Thanks

John