Formatting TV Date Fields Without Time in DocLister

Date TVs often store a full datetime value even when editors think they are selecting only a date. That is why a clean manager field can still render as 27-04-2019 13:08:00 in a DocLister template.

The original example

[!DocLister?
&tvList=`startdate,enddate,sity,country`
&tpl=`@CODE:<td>[+tv.startdate+]</td>`
&dateSource=`tv.startdate`
&dateFormat=`%d %b %Y`
!]

Why the raw value still appears

[+tv.startdate+] prints the raw TV value. The &dateSource setting affects DocLister date helpers, but it does not automatically reformat every raw TV placeholder.

Better options

• format the value in a custom prepare step
• use a dedicated formatted placeholder in the template
• normalize the TV value before output if your project reuses the same date field often

&prepare=`formatEventDates`

// inside prepare
$data['startdate_formatted'] = strftime('%d %b %Y', strtotime($data['tv.startdate']));
return $data;

Then in the template:

[+startdate_formatted+]

Manager-side note

If the input widget still forces a time picker, that is a UI issue, not a DocLister issue. You may want to replace the TV input component or hide the time selector in the manager, but output formatting should still happen explicitly.