# How can change dateFormat in channel?

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/how-can-change-dateformat-in-channel/2062>\
**Category:** iOS\
**Tags:** ios\
**Created:** [April 14, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/how-can-change-dateformat-in-channel/2062 "2021-04-14T05:39:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![silex\_khan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/silex_khan/32/1075_2.png) [@silex\_khan](https://community.sendbird.com/u/silex_khan)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/how-can-change-dateformat-in-channel/2062/1 "2021-04-14T05:39:08Z")

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hi there~  
how do i change dateFormat in channel?  
i found variable,“public lazy var dateView: UIView = SBUMessageDateView()”, in “SBUBaseMessageCell” class  
but cant open SBUMessageDateView class  
help me please~

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**Author:** ![Woo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/woo/32/125_2.png) [@Woo](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Woo)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/how-can-change-dateformat-in-channel/2062/2 "2021-04-29T21:32:30Z")

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Hi @silex_khan SBUMessageDateView is not public, and there is no way you can change DateTime format at the moment. You can always use [github.com/sendbird/uikit-ios-sources](http://github.com/sendbird/uikit-ios-sources) open source and modify as you want. I will let my team know what we can do about this