Fatal error with get_field()

Hi,

I’m trying to use the date field but getting the error when tried to show up the format with get_field():

Here’s my code:

$event_date = new DateTime(get_field('event_date'));
                  echo $event_date->format('M')

I’m getting this error:

:  Uncaught Exception: DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (31/12/2018) at position 0 (3): Unexpected character in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/cs-dev/wp-content/themes/fictional-university-theme/front-page.php:31
Stack trace:
#0 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/cs-dev/wp-content/themes/fictional-university-theme/front-page.php(31): DateTime->__construct('31/12/2018')
#1 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/cs-dev/wp-includes/template-loader.php(74): include('/Applications/M...')
#2 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/cs-dev/wp-blog-header.php(19): require_once('/Applications/M...')
#3 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/cs-dev/index.php(17): require('/Applications/M...')
#4 {main}
  thrown in 

When I just use the_field, it works fine.

Thoughts?

• This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Abd Ur Rehman R.T..