TF Date adds relative dates and icons to Joomla custom fields

The job is straightforward: TF Date changes the presentation of dates stored in Joomla custom fields, including their form controls and visitor-facing output.

This comes up because Joomla sites use dates for publication schedules, events, deadlines, product releases and other content-specific information. Joomla core already provides date and calendar custom fields for entering and storing values, and it can render those values with the custom-field system. When the default output is not suitable, a site can use a template or custom-field layout override, CSS, or its own code. That approach is workable when one fixed format is needed, but it leaves the site team responsible for maintaining the markup and display rules.

According to the listing, TF Date goes beyond that baseline with configurable date formatting, controls for form and front-end display, optional date icons, and relative wording such as “Today” or “3 days ago”. The directory places it in custom fields.

It is aimed at sites with date-heavy structured content, such as event calendars, editorial workflows, education schedules or product listings, especially where non-technical editors need consistent output without a bespoke override. A typical brochure site with no date custom fields, or a team already comfortable maintaining its own layouts, has little reason to install it.

TF Date is listed as a free download under the GPLv2 or later licence. Joomla Fry is shown as the developer, with 35 other extensions in the directory, but this listing has no reviews. The page does not provide documentation, and leaves the exact configuration controls, override behaviour, accessibility details and migration path from core fields unanswered. Check those points before deploying it.

Listed on the Joomla Extensions Directory.