Title: time_formats
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘time_formats’, string[] $default_time_formats )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/time_formats/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/time_formats/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/time_formats/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the default time formats.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/time_formats/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$default_time_formats`string[]

Array of default time formats.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/time_formats/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    $time_formats = array_unique( apply_filters( 'time_formats', array( __( 'g:i a' ), 'g:i A', 'H:i' ) ) );
    ```

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/time_formats/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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