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Display Private Message Time rather than Time Since Sent

@ks-webdesignercom

Participant

11 years, 2 months ago

I’m sure the answer to this is fairly simple, just can’t seem to find anyone who knows it…

In the messages/single.php template there is this code:
<span class="activity"><?php bp_the_thread_message_time_since(); ?></span>

This calculates the time since a private message was sent and displays it something like this: “Sent 5 minutes ago”.

Is there any way to display just the time it was sent? I know you can display the time the last private message in a conversation was sent, but I’d like to show the time for each individual message.

Thanks

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@henrywright-1

Member

11 years, 2 months ago
I think you might be able to do something like this in functions.php
```
function absolute_message_sent_date() {
    global $thread_template;
    return $thread_template->message->date_sent
}
```
Then this will go straight into your single.php template

echo absolute_message_sent_date();
@ks-webdesignercom

Participant

11 years, 2 months ago
Perfect, that did the trick. For anyone else following this be sure to add the semi-colon after return $thread_template->message->date_sent so the snippet reads:
```
function absolute_message_sent_date() {
    global $thread_template;
    return $thread_template->message->date_sent;
}
```
Just one quick follow-up question. How do I change the date format? Where do I specify how the date should appear?

Thanks again!

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