Q:

change the format of date in Joomla! 2.5 article

I'm trying to change the format of the "article publishing date" on Joomla! 2.5 based webpage. I've made some changes in code based on an article: 
http://magazine.joomla.org/topics/item/455-How-to-put-more-love-into-your-Joomla-dates?tmpl=component&print=1 but it doesnt work for 2.5 version. 
Please Help!

A:

Joomla! 2.5 uses language keys to retrieve date formats - you can override these using the Language Manager.
Select Extensions->Language Manager->Overrides then you can create a new version of the standard date strings.
The standard date keys and their format strings are:
DATE_FORMAT_LC="l, d F Y"
DATE_FORMAT_LC1="l, d F Y"
DATE_FORMAT_LC2="l, d F Y H:i"
DATE_FORMAT_LC3="d F Y"
DATE_FORMAT_LC4="Y-m-d"
DATE_FORMAT_JS1="y-m-d"

The format used most commonly by com_content is the DATE_FORMAT_LC2, so if you create an override for that you will change how your article dates are formatted.
The format strings are standard PHP date formats.

