Merge pull request #423 from Soroosh/date_format

Make date format configurable

README.md

@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ You can find all the properties in `_data/language.yml`.
 
 By default, it is in English, but you can easily add your own language.
 
+Here you also can set the date format, e.g., set `str_date_format: '%B %-d, %Y'` for "January, 13, 2024", `str_date_format: '%Y-%m-%d'` for 2024-01-13, or `str_date_format: '%d.%m.%Y'` for 13.01.2024.
+
 ### Google Analytics
 
 To enable Google Analytics (GA4), add your [Measurement ID](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12270356?hl=en&sjid=1593376271608310401-NA) 

_data/language.yml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ str_cookie_disclaimer: "We would like to use third party cookies and scripts to
 str_months: [January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December]
 str_dark: 'Dark'
 str_light: 'Light'
+str_date_format: '%B %-d, %Y'
 
 # Localization settings
 cusdis_lang: # zh-cn, es, tr, pt-BR

_includes/blog/post_info.liquid

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% assign author = site.data.authors[include.author] %}
-{% assign date = include.date | default: "today" | date: "%B %-d, %Y" %}
+{% assign date = include.date | default: "today" | date: site.data.language.str_date_format | default: '%B %-d, %Y' %}
 
 <div class="post-info">
  {%- if author.url -%}<a href="{{ author.url | relative_url }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{%- endif -%}

_includes/default/search_input.liquid

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{% assign dateFormat = site.data.language.str_date_format | default: '%B %-d, %Y' %}
 [
 {% for post in site.posts %}
  {
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@
  "category" : "{{ post.category }}",
  "tags" : "{{ post.tags | join: ', ' | prepend: " " }}",
  "url" : "{{ post.url | relative_url }}",
- "date" : "{{ post.date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }}",
+ "date" : "{{ post.date | date: dateFormat }}",
  "excerpt" : {{ post.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | strip | escape | truncate: '250' | escape | jsonify }},
  "content" : {{ post.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | strip | escape | jsonify }}
  {% endunless %}
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
  "category" : "{{ page.category }}",
  "tags" : "{{ page.tags | join: ', ' | prepend: " " }}",
  "url" : "{{ page.url | relative_url }}",
- "date" : "{{ page.date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" | default: "N/A" }}",
+ "date" : "{{ page.date | date: dateFormat | default: "N/A" }}",
  "excerpt" : {{ page.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | strip | escape | truncate: '250' | escape | jsonify }},
  "content" : {{ page.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | strip | escape | jsonify }}
  {% endunless %}
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
  "category" : "{{ page.category }}",
  "tags" : "{{ page.tags | join: ', ' | prepend: " " }}",
  "url" : "{{ page.url | relative_url }}",
- "date" : "{{ page.date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" | default: "N/A" }}",
+ "date" : "{{ page.date | date: dateFormat | default: "N/A" }}",
  "excerpt" : {{ page.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | strip | escape | truncate: '250' | jsonify }},
  "content" : {{ page.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | strip | escape | jsonify }}
  {% endif %}

_layouts/categories.liquid

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ layout: page
  {% for post in site.categories[group] %}
  <a href="{{ post.url | relative_url }}" class="category-post-link">
  <div class="item">
- <p class="meta">{{ post.date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }}</p>
+ <p class="meta">{{ post.date | date: site.data.language.str_date_format | default: '%B %-d, %Y' }}</p>
  <p class="title">{{ post.title }}</p>
  </div>
  </a>