Display Date and Time – Joomla! module

Display Date and Time – Joomla! module

A simple, easy and nice display of the current date and time using AJAX scripting. It includes various display formats to choose from based on your preference. It supports all countries date and time formats.

Display Date and Time v2.3.9 – Changelog Display Date and Time

Display Date and Time v2.3.9 – Changelog

2.3.9
+ Added   ! Removed   ^ Changed   # Fixed

04-Jan-2024 : v2.3.9
+ Added full compatibility with Joomla! 5.
+ The module is now based on dayjs.min.js.
# [Bug Fixed] Fixed a bug where the custom date format didn't work properly when the timezone was one day before or ahead.
! Removed support for IGBO Calendar.
# Made various minor fixes and improvements.

01-Sep-2022 : v2.3.8
# [Bug Fixed] It appears that the date is incorrect for countries across the international date line. Showing the correct time for Hong Kong, but the date is behind by a day. [Thank you, Eric Darling]
# [Bug Fixed] In PHP v8. Deprecated: Required parameter $timeformat follows optional parameter $type in \modules\mod_datetime\helper.php on line 129 [Thank you, Daniel Pardons]
# Minor fixes and improvements.

06-Oct-2021 : v2.3.7
# [Bug Fixed] Fix timezone date.
# [Bug Fixed] Issue with the Gridbox component while editing a page.
# Minor fixes and improvements

27-Sep-2021 : v2.3.6
# [Bug Fixed] Fix date in different timezones.
+ German (de-DE) language has been added. [Many thanks to Robert Sonnabend]
# Minor fixes

26-Mar-2021 : v2.3.5
# [Bug Fixed] The parameter to show/hide the leading zero from the time (For example the 09:47:59, could be 9:47:59) has been removed accidentally in version 2.3.4, and it restored back into this version 2.3.5. [Thank you, Phil Leifer]

22-Mar-2021 : v2.3.4
# Minor fixes and improvements.

09-Jan-2021 : v2.3.3
+ [New Feature] You are now able to show or hide the leading zero from the time (For example the 09:47:59, could be 9:47:59). [Thank you, Phil Leifer]

28-Jan-2019 : v2.3.2
^ [Styling Improvement] Do not display the DateTime in a new line if the {loadposition web357} is used inside a text. The div tags have been replaced with the span tags. [Thank you, Alistair Malcott]

08-Oct-2018 : v2.3.1
+ [New Feature] Added compatibility with the Igbo calendar. The Igbo calendar is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months in a year (afo), 7 weeks in a month (onwa), and 4 days of Igbo market days (afor, nkwo, eke, and orie) in a week (izu) plus an extra day at the end of the year, in the last month. Example: Monday, Nkwọ 08 October 2018. [Thank you, Emeka Agbaka]
^ The translation (.ini) files have been updated.

09-Aug-2018 : v2.3.0
+ Fully compatible with Joomla! 4.x
^ [Improvement] the online_text + offline_text variables have been removed.
# [Bug Fixed] The custom date format from module parameters is not working in multilingual sites [Thank you, Hans van Haaren]
+ Compatible with the latest version of Web357 Framework v1.7.x
^ Code Cleanup.
# Minor bug fixes and many improvements.

29-Jan-2018 : v2.2.9
+ New Feature/Parameter: Display the Date and Time in two different rows. [Thank you, Lluís]
# Some language strings have been improved at the backend.
# Minor improvements.

17-Oct-2017 : v2.2.8
# BUG Fixed: If you choose to not display the date from the module parameters, it is displayed by default. [Many thanks to Иван Сустретов]
! The 'Color' module parameter has been removed.
+ The 'Custom CSS' module parameter has been added. Now you can add easily your own CSS inside the module params, without editing any of your CSS files.

06-Jul-2017 : v2.2.7
^ Option to display the $week variable (e.g. Week: 26) into your code. You just have to enter the into the file "default.php" [Thank you, Gerald Berger].

05-Jul-2017 : v2.2.6
# Bug fixed after upgrade to J! 3.7.3. The admins can't enter text in the form fields from the plugin parameters.
# Web357 framework has been updated to the version 1.4.5.

12-May-2017 : v2.2.5
+ Compatibility for auto-updates via Watchful.li external service. [Many thanks to Valentin Barbu, Rafael Gaus, and Frank].
+ Compatible with the latest version of Web357 Framework v1.4.3.
^ If the JED link does not exist yet, do not display the 'leave a review' text inside the plugin parameters.

28-Feb-2017 : v2.2.4
# Bug Fixed: PHP Fatal error: Redefinition of parameter $offset in \modules\mod_datetime\helper.php on line 118.

27-Feb-2017 : v2.2.3
# Bug Fixed: Some issues with pacific ocean time zone have been resolved. [Thank you, Virtuo x.]

21-Feb-2017 : v2.2.2
# BUG fixed: There were some HTML Validation errors like "Bad value for attribute datetime on element time." Solution: The datetime value of  tag, has been replaced with ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5). [Thank you, Bob Pitatzidis]

23-Dec-2016 : v2.2.1
+ Dutch (nl-NL) language has been added. Many thanks to Henk Gordebeke.
^ French language files have been updated. Many thanks to Sandra Thevenet and Marc Antoine Thevenet.
^ Italian language files have been updated with corrections. Many thanks to Lorenzo de Mauro.

15-Dec-2016 : v2.2.0
+ The date format parameter list has been updated. The below joomla! date format options have been added, based on your language file (DATE_FORMAT_LC, DATE_FORMAT_LC1, DATE_FORMAT_LC2, DATE_FORMAT_LC3, DATE_FORMAT_LC4, DATE_FORMAT_LC5, DATE_FORMAT_JS1). [Many thanks to Radovan for his suggestion].
+ A new input parameter has been added to adjust the date format if none of the options in the list does fit your needs.
^ Language files have been updated.
# Minor bug fixes.

09-Jun-2016 : v2.1.0
# Bug Fixed: When using the ajax/flashing option, the time is faster than user's machine. When using the static option it works well. [Thank you, Stewart McMaster]

22-Feb-2016 : v2.0.9
# Bug Fixed: The front and the end text, are not displayed.

15-Jan-2016 : v2.0.8
# Bug Fixed: Issues with UTC time from towns like Kolkata, Adelaide, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Tehran, Darwin, Caracas, Kabul, and others, have been resolved.
^ Better MVC Format.
^ Compatible with HTML5 datetime Attribute.
+ CSS file added mod_datetime/tmpl/default.css.

08-Dec-2015 : v2.0.7
# Minor bug fixes after the latest upgrade from v2.0.6

07-Dec-2015 : v2.0.6
^ Updated description.
^ Updated translations.

12-Nov-2015 : v2.0.5
+ Russian (ru-RU) language has been added. Thanks bizt, https://www.web357.com/forum/question/2144-solved-translite-russian.

15-Oct-2015 : v2.0.4
# Minor bug fixes.

05-Sep-2015 : v2.0.3
+ Language Added: Portuguese (Brazil) [pt-BR]. Thank you so much, Edimar Pereira.

30-Jul-2015 : v2.0.2
# BUG Fixed: If the option "19:32 (ajax/flashing)" has been selected, the am/pm did not display properly.
+ Language Added: The French language has been added, by Henba.

04-Jun-2015 : v2.0.1
+ NEW PARAMETER: Select a timezone (With this new parameter, you can use multiple copies of datetime module, from different time zones, to display the time from more than one Countries in one single page.)

23-Apr-2015 : v2.0.0
+ Compatible with "Web357Framework" (joomla! system plugin).
^ Improvement design for parameter fields (better radio buttons and color pickers).
+ ADMIN: New Element: Description of extension (buttons: view demo, more details, changelog, support).
+ ADMIN: New Element: Version Check.
+ ADMIN: New Element: About Web357 (logo, description, find us on social media).
# General minor fixes.
# Clean and code improvement.

27-Mar-2015 : v1.0.0
+ First beta release

Additional Information

Display Date and Time – Joomla! module

A simple, easy and nice display of the current date and time using AJAX scripting. It includes various display formats to choose from based on your preference. It supports all countries date and time formats.

Display Date and Time v2.3.9 – Changelog Display Date and Time

Display Date and Time v2.3.9 – Changelog

2.3.9
+ Added   ! Removed   ^ Changed   # Fixed

04-Jan-2024 : v2.3.9
+ Added full compatibility with Joomla! 5.
+ The module is now based on dayjs.min.js.
# [Bug Fixed] Fixed a bug where the custom date format didn't work properly when the timezone was one day before or ahead.
! Removed support for IGBO Calendar.
# Made various minor fixes and improvements.

01-Sep-2022 : v2.3.8
# [Bug Fixed] It appears that the date is incorrect for countries across the international date line. Showing the correct time for Hong Kong, but the date is behind by a day. [Thank you, Eric Darling]
# [Bug Fixed] In PHP v8. Deprecated: Required parameter $timeformat follows optional parameter $type in \modules\mod_datetime\helper.php on line 129 [Thank you, Daniel Pardons]
# Minor fixes and improvements.

06-Oct-2021 : v2.3.7
# [Bug Fixed] Fix timezone date.
# [Bug Fixed] Issue with the Gridbox component while editing a page.
# Minor fixes and improvements

27-Sep-2021 : v2.3.6
# [Bug Fixed] Fix date in different timezones.
+ German (de-DE) language has been added. [Many thanks to Robert Sonnabend]
# Minor fixes

26-Mar-2021 : v2.3.5
# [Bug Fixed] The parameter to show/hide the leading zero from the time (For example the 09:47:59, could be 9:47:59) has been removed accidentally in version 2.3.4, and it restored back into this version 2.3.5. [Thank you, Phil Leifer]

22-Mar-2021 : v2.3.4
# Minor fixes and improvements.

09-Jan-2021 : v2.3.3
+ [New Feature] You are now able to show or hide the leading zero from the time (For example the 09:47:59, could be 9:47:59). [Thank you, Phil Leifer]

28-Jan-2019 : v2.3.2
^ [Styling Improvement] Do not display the DateTime in a new line if the {loadposition web357} is used inside a text. The div tags have been replaced with the span tags. [Thank you, Alistair Malcott]

08-Oct-2018 : v2.3.1
+ [New Feature] Added compatibility with the Igbo calendar. The Igbo calendar is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months in a year (afo), 7 weeks in a month (onwa), and 4 days of Igbo market days (afor, nkwo, eke, and orie) in a week (izu) plus an extra day at the end of the year, in the last month. Example: Monday, Nkwọ 08 October 2018. [Thank you, Emeka Agbaka]
^ The translation (.ini) files have been updated.

09-Aug-2018 : v2.3.0
+ Fully compatible with Joomla! 4.x
^ [Improvement] the online_text + offline_text variables have been removed.
# [Bug Fixed] The custom date format from module parameters is not working in multilingual sites [Thank you, Hans van Haaren]
+ Compatible with the latest version of Web357 Framework v1.7.x
^ Code Cleanup.
# Minor bug fixes and many improvements.

29-Jan-2018 : v2.2.9
+ New Feature/Parameter: Display the Date and Time in two different rows. [Thank you, Lluís]
# Some language strings have been improved at the backend.
# Minor improvements.

17-Oct-2017 : v2.2.8
# BUG Fixed: If you choose to not display the date from the module parameters, it is displayed by default. [Many thanks to Иван Сустретов]
! The 'Color' module parameter has been removed.
+ The 'Custom CSS' module parameter has been added. Now you can add easily your own CSS inside the module params, without editing any of your CSS files.

06-Jul-2017 : v2.2.7
^ Option to display the $week variable (e.g. Week: 26) into your code. You just have to enter the into the file "default.php" [Thank you, Gerald Berger].

05-Jul-2017 : v2.2.6
# Bug fixed after upgrade to J! 3.7.3. The admins can't enter text in the form fields from the plugin parameters.
# Web357 framework has been updated to the version 1.4.5.

12-May-2017 : v2.2.5
+ Compatibility for auto-updates via Watchful.li external service. [Many thanks to Valentin Barbu, Rafael Gaus, and Frank].
+ Compatible with the latest version of Web357 Framework v1.4.3.
^ If the JED link does not exist yet, do not display the 'leave a review' text inside the plugin parameters.

28-Feb-2017 : v2.2.4
# Bug Fixed: PHP Fatal error: Redefinition of parameter $offset in \modules\mod_datetime\helper.php on line 118.

27-Feb-2017 : v2.2.3
# Bug Fixed: Some issues with pacific ocean time zone have been resolved. [Thank you, Virtuo x.]

21-Feb-2017 : v2.2.2
# BUG fixed: There were some HTML Validation errors like "Bad value for attribute datetime on element time." Solution: The datetime value of  tag, has been replaced with ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5). [Thank you, Bob Pitatzidis]

23-Dec-2016 : v2.2.1
+ Dutch (nl-NL) language has been added. Many thanks to Henk Gordebeke.
^ French language files have been updated. Many thanks to Sandra Thevenet and Marc Antoine Thevenet.
^ Italian language files have been updated with corrections. Many thanks to Lorenzo de Mauro.

15-Dec-2016 : v2.2.0
+ The date format parameter list has been updated. The below joomla! date format options have been added, based on your language file (DATE_FORMAT_LC, DATE_FORMAT_LC1, DATE_FORMAT_LC2, DATE_FORMAT_LC3, DATE_FORMAT_LC4, DATE_FORMAT_LC5, DATE_FORMAT_JS1). [Many thanks to Radovan for his suggestion].
+ A new input parameter has been added to adjust the date format if none of the options in the list does fit your needs.
^ Language files have been updated.
# Minor bug fixes.

09-Jun-2016 : v2.1.0
# Bug Fixed: When using the ajax/flashing option, the time is faster than user's machine. When using the static option it works well. [Thank you, Stewart McMaster]

22-Feb-2016 : v2.0.9
# Bug Fixed: The front and the end text, are not displayed.

15-Jan-2016 : v2.0.8
# Bug Fixed: Issues with UTC time from towns like Kolkata, Adelaide, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Tehran, Darwin, Caracas, Kabul, and others, have been resolved.
^ Better MVC Format.
^ Compatible with HTML5 datetime Attribute.
+ CSS file added mod_datetime/tmpl/default.css.

08-Dec-2015 : v2.0.7
# Minor bug fixes after the latest upgrade from v2.0.6

07-Dec-2015 : v2.0.6
^ Updated description.
^ Updated translations.

12-Nov-2015 : v2.0.5
+ Russian (ru-RU) language has been added. Thanks bizt, https://www.web357.com/forum/question/2144-solved-translite-russian.

15-Oct-2015 : v2.0.4
# Minor bug fixes.

05-Sep-2015 : v2.0.3
+ Language Added: Portuguese (Brazil) [pt-BR]. Thank you so much, Edimar Pereira.

30-Jul-2015 : v2.0.2
# BUG Fixed: If the option "19:32 (ajax/flashing)" has been selected, the am/pm did not display properly.
+ Language Added: The French language has been added, by Henba.

04-Jun-2015 : v2.0.1
+ NEW PARAMETER: Select a timezone (With this new parameter, you can use multiple copies of datetime module, from different time zones, to display the time from more than one Countries in one single page.)

23-Apr-2015 : v2.0.0
+ Compatible with "Web357Framework" (joomla! system plugin).
^ Improvement design for parameter fields (better radio buttons and color pickers).
+ ADMIN: New Element: Description of extension (buttons: view demo, more details, changelog, support).
+ ADMIN: New Element: Version Check.
+ ADMIN: New Element: About Web357 (logo, description, find us on social media).
# General minor fixes.
# Clean and code improvement.

27-Mar-2015 : v1.0.0
+ First beta release

Additional Information

Fast Support

We are always here for you, providing answers to all questions within 24 hours.

According to the Coding Standards

The code is clean, organized and commented based on CMS’s coding standards.

All updates included

Stay up-to-date with this Joomla! plugin updates all year long.

Multilingual Support

We make Web357 plugins flexible and adaptable by going beyond fundamental language support.

Great and Powerful Features


  • Before & After text
    You can insert html text in front or at the end of date and time.
  • Time Zone
    You can use multiple copies of datetime module, from different time zones, to display the time from more than one Countries in one single page.
  • Date Format
    You have a plethora of options to display the date format that match for your Country.
  • Date Format Separator
    Some dates are written with dot 13.04.2015, or slash 13/04/2015, or dash 13-05-2015 etc..
  • Text between date and time
  • Time Format
    Static or ajax/flashing format, e.g. 08:44:12 PM.
  • Display PM/AM
    You have the option to display or hide the PM/AM right of the time.
  • Custom CSS
    Enter your custom CSS code.
  • Compatible with the Igbo calendar
    The Igbo calendar is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months in a year (afo), 7 weeks in a month (onwa), and 4 days of Igbo market days (afor, nkwo, eke, and orie) in a week (izu) plus an extra day at the end of the year, in the last month. Example: Monday, Nkwọ 08 October 2018.

Useful Parameters

  • yy – Two-digit year, e.g. 96
  • yy – Two-digit year, e.g. 96
  • m – One-digit month for months below 10, e.g. 4
  • mm – Two-digit month, e.g. 04
  • mmm – Three-letter abbreviation for month, e.g. Apr
  • mmmm – Month spelled out in full, e.g. April
  • d – One-digit day for days below 10, e.g. 2
  • dd – Two-digit day, e.g. 02

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What Our Customers Say

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five star rating
Valuable extension that works well. I use it in several places. New suppression of leading zeros feature gives a more natural look. Easy to use and well documented. Can be positioned anywhere on pages using. Immediate and responsive. I asked if leading zeros in the time format could be suppressed. That was promptly incorporated in version 2.3.3. Excellent, with detailed instruction built into the extension to guide choices in settings. I used this extension for displaying the current weekday, month, day of month, year and time in 12-hour format of hour:minutes:seconds and am or pm on my Home page, and on several kiosk pages available to community residents.
Philip Leifer
five star rating
This extension easily adapts to joomla websites. I have installed it on several of the sites I have done. The Joomla installer makes adding this extension to a website a breeze. Setting up the module is simple & the display is adaptable. When a style change was required they helped me makes the changes. The reply to my request came w/ in 12 hours. The doc is well written & easy to understand. The style change I need was a result of a lack of coding skill on my part, not a doc failure. I used this to: I currently have the extension on 3 websites & will continue to use it on future projects.
Michael S. Miller
five star rating
Need the date and time on your website? This extensions features are easy to setup and use. For Display Date + Time extension there are only 11 options that let you fine tune how the date and time is displayed on your website. I haven’t contacted support yet, which shows just how easy this extension is to use!! The provide help documentation helped me understand this extension with no need to reach out for additional help. I used this to: I use this on my website http://www.neurovisions.com to help my customers know the date and time as a added feature of my website.
Anthony Wilson
five star rating
Does exactly what it says it will do. Excellent – only my own lack of knowledge in one area meant I needed support at all. Yiannis was considerate – can’t be easy helping newbies. Is pretty much self explanatory – even for me. I used this to: For a “Payment Thank You” so that clients around the world can work out when I am open and available. I have 9 time zones listed.
Dave Pughe-Parry
five star rating
A simple job well done. Designed to display the date and time in a module. Does what its says very well. Install, configure and job is done. 2 minutes. Doesn’t get any simplier. Support was fantastic. I had a small bug and the response was almost immediate. Couldn’t expect anything more. I used this to Client websites.
Stewart McMaster
five star rating
Small but look well. Good for their function. I love this one from very easy to setup. Configuration to go less than 5 minutes. Never used but It’s enough information to setup. I used this to put on my site. Look well. Plain & Smart.
Chat T.
five star rating
Works as advertised. Very easy to install and set up within my client’s Joomla website. Developer got back to me when I had a question within a few hours. Very helpful. Was to the point and very easy to follow.
Barker Jr
five star rating
Does what it says on the tin. Support is fast and brilliant. I emailed my request and although it a free component, the developer updated the module in a couple of hours. Brilliant.
Peter Walker
five star rating
Excellent & Super easy to use. Immediate response to all my question. Even in holiday time!
Panos Karyotis