Nepali Date Utilities

Nepali Date Utilities converts English (AD) dates to Nepali (BS) for posts, comments, shortcodes, blocks, and a monthly post calendar. It helps Nepali sites show Bikram Sambat dates consistently across WordPress.

Features

• Convert post and modified dates to Nepali
• Convert comment dates
• Bilingual display (BS + AD)
• Devanagari or Arabic numerals
• Home / front page modes: default format, relative “time ago”, or hide
• Shortcodes: [ndu_today_date], [ndu_date_ago], [ndu_convert], [ndu_post_calendar]
• Classic “Today Date in Nepali” widget (optional format)
• Gutenberg blocks: Nepali Today Date and Nepali Post Calendar
• Monthly BS post calendar with navigation, dual dates, optional post links, and accent color
• Admin converter: English ↔ Nepali
• Live format preview and format presets in settings

Shortcodes

• [ndu_today_date] — today’s date
• [ndu_today_date format="y m d, l"] — custom format
• [ndu_date_ago] — relative time for the current post
• [ndu_convert date="2024-10-31" from="eng" format="y m d"] — AD → BS
• [ndu_convert date="2081-07-15" from="nep"] — BS → AD
• [ndu_post_calendar] — monthly BS calendar
• [ndu_post_calendar year="2081" month="7" lang="english" show_post_links="1" accent="#c62828"] — calendar with options

Format tokens

• y — year (e.g. २०८१)
• m — month name (e.g. कार्तिक)
• d — day number
• l — weekday
• H / h — hour (24h / 12h)
• i — minute
• s — second
• a — period of day (बिहान / दिउँसो / साँझ / राति)

PHP helpers

ndu_today_date(), `ndu_get_date_ago()`, `ndu_format_nepali_date( $timestamp, $format )`

Supported conversion range: AD 1944–2033 / BS 2000–2099.