How do I change the date format in Joomla
By default, the date of creation of materials in Joomla output as Wednesday, January 11, 2006, but sometimes in certain settings serevere or incorrect indication locale problems with the encoding when displaying date. Existed for a simple way to avoid problems, such as to the date of the form 11.01.2006
Setting the output format of dates in the current language file Joomla. For the Russian language is in the language file \ language \ russian.php line:
DEFINE('_DATE_FORMAT_LC',"% A,% d% B% Y");
and replace it with:
DEFINE('_DATE_FORMAT_LC',"% D.% m.% Y");
After that date the creation of documents are displayed will be in the form 11.01.2006. You can even go to modify the format for displaying dates in the form: 11.01.2006:
DEFINE('_DATE_FORMAT_LC',"% D.% m.% Y city ');