{"id":934399,"date":"2015-01-18T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-18T20:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/changing-date-format-in-events-lsit-widget\/"},"modified":"2015-02-19T08:05:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T16:05:02","slug":"changing-date-format-in-events-lsit-widget","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/changing-date-format-in-events-lsit-widget\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing date format in Events Lsit Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys,<\/p>\n<p>In the default set-up for the Events List Widget, the day (eg Mon) and date is displayed in a little calender icon to the left of the event.<br \/>\nI want to have it display the month (eg Jan) instead. I figured out that if I go to &#8216;views\/pro\/widgets\/modules\/single-event.php&#8217; I can simply change the date format from &#8216;D&#8217; to &#8216;M&#8217; (on line 45). 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