I have a blog style layout. On the blog page that lists all the stories, it displays the Created date. That's fine.

When you click into the story to view the item, it now shows the Modified date at the top, not the created date.

User.php uses this code
<?php if($this->params->get('userItemDateCreated')): ?>
<!-- Date created -->
<span class="userItemDateCreated">
<?php echo JHTML::_('date', $item->created , 'F d, Y'); ?>
</span>
<?php endif; ?>

item.php uses this code
<?php if($this->item->params->get('itemDateCreated')): ?>
<!-- Date created -->
<span class="itemDateCreated">
<?php echo JHTML::_('date', $item->created , 'F d, Y'); ?>
</span>
<?php endif; ?>

I am modifying the default template files of the above. I do not know why it is showing 2 different dates, when the code is ->created in both instances?

Hi. Are you viewing the same item? Are you editing the right files? Also note that editing directly the K2 templates is not a good idea. You should create overrides instead. More information on this can be found at getk2.org/documentation/tutorials/174-templating-with-k2-and-the-concepts-of-sub-templates .

Hi

Yes, I understand about template overrides and so does the client, we won't be updating K2 for a while.

Yes, we are editing the correct files. I have changed the line...

<span class="userItemDateCreated">

To a different class and can see it make the change in the correct pages. I just cannot see why it is picking/using 2 different dates.

Is there a link to your site? What are the two dates? Are you sure that you are checking the same item?

Here is the link...

www.bartonmawer.com/index.php/latest-news-from-barton-mawer-motorsport.html

First story.

The date shown in the blog list is the created date, the date shown in the full item view, is the last modified date.

yes it is the same item.

Cheers

I just tested under J3.3 and everything works fine for me. Check for any third-party K2 or content plugins. Also check again your overrides.