Nepali Date Converter

Nepali Date Converter makes converting dates between English (Gregorian) and Nepali (Bikram Sambat) formats easy. Whether you’re building a Nepali-language WordPress site or just need to display today’s Nepali date, this plugin has you covered.

For the best experience with Nepali Date Converter, check out the free CosmosWP theme.
View Demo → See Nepali Date Converter in action with real-world implementations.

Includes:
– Post Date to Nepali conversion
– Today’s Nepali date display
– Nepali human time differences (e.g., “३ सेकेन्ड अगाडि”)
– Shortcodes and widgets
– Custom functions for developers

Fully rewritten for version 3.0.0, this release modernizes the plugin from the ground up, improves accuracy, and ensures better compatibility.

Key Features

• 🔁 Convert English ↔ Nepali dates
• 🗓️ Show Nepali date for post publish dates
• ⏳ Nepali human time differences (e.g., ३ मिनेट अगाडि)
• 🧩 Widgets: Date Converter and Today’s Date
• 🧪 Shortcodes: [nepali-date-converter], [ndc-today-date]
• 🔧 Developer functions: ndc_eng_to_nep_date, ndc_nep_to_eng_date, and more
• 📅 Supports Bikram Sambat years 2000 to 2099 BS
• 🔒 Security improvements and code hardening

Shortcodes

1. [nepali-date-converter]

Display a Nepali date converter form.

Attributes:
– title: Custom title (default: Nepali Date Converter)
– result_format: Format for output (e.g., l, F j, Y)
– disable_ndc_convert_eng_to_nep: 1 to disable English to Nepali conversion
– disable_ndc_convert_nep_to_eng: 1 to disable Nepali to English conversion
– nepali_date_lang: nep_char (e.g., शुक्रबार, अशोज ८, २०७२) or eng_char

Examples:
[nepali-date-converter]
[nepali-date-converter title="Nepali Date"]
[nepali-date-converter title="Nepali date" result_format="l, F j, Y"]

2. [ndc-today-date]

Displays today’s Nepali date.

Widgets

• NDC: Nepali Date Converter – Date converter widget
• NDC: Today Date – Show today’s Nepali date

Developer Functions

• ndc_eng_to_nep_date() – Convert English to Nepali
• ndc_convert_eng_to_nep() – Convert using formatted string
• ndc_nep_to_eng_date() – Convert Nepali to English
• ndc_convert_nep_to_eng() – Convert using formatted string

Use in code:
echo do_shortcode(‘[nepali-date-converter]’);
echo do_shortcode(‘[ndc-today-date]’);
`
Please visit Nepali Date Converter for more information about another shortcode [ndc-today-date] and for all available functions.

Automatic Installation:
1. Go to Plugins → Add New
2. Search for “Nepali Date Converter”
3. Click Install and then Activate

Manual Installation:
1. Upload the nepali-date-converter folder to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate via the Plugins menu

After activation:
– Go to Appearance → Widgets to use NDC widgets
– Use shortcodes in posts/pages as needed
– To enable Nepali Post Date, go to Settings → General and scroll to the bottom

1. 

   Post date in Nepali

2. 

   Date converter widget (backend)

3. 

   Today’s date widget (backend)

4. 

   Widget settings

5. 

   Date converter frontend

6. 

   Today’s date frontend

7. 

   Combined output via shortcode

3.0.5

• Fixed: Corrected the number of days for months in BS 2082.

3.0.4 – 2025-05-02

• Fixed: Return proper integer for format ‘U’
• Fixed: Better post date extraction
• Fixed: Add a filter to correct time display

3.0.3 – 2025-04-17

• Added: WordPress latest compatibility
• Fixed: Adjusted post date to 5:45 AM in Kathmandu time zone before converting to Nepali date format.
• Fixed: Replaced date() with gmdate() to ensure UTC-based date formatting and avoid time zone issues.

3.0.2 – 2025-03-29

• Fixed: Ensured 0 hour is correctly handled in date formatting
• Fixed: Added checks to prevent fatal errors from themes passing invalid date formats

3.0.1 – 2025-03-29

• Fixed: Few translation issue

3.0.0 – 2025-03-28

• Rewrite: Complete plugin rewrite with modern codebase
• Removed: Deprecated and legacy functions
• Improved: Date conversion logic and accuracy
• Supported: Dates from 2000 to 2099 BS
• Security: Code hardening and data sanitization
• Requirement: PHP 7.2+ minimum

2.0.8 – 2024-10-31

• Added: WordPress latest compatibility
• Added: Language folder

2.0.7 – 2024-06-15

• Fixed : Date issue

2.0.6 – 2024-04-07

• Updated : Tested up WordPress 6.5

2.0.5 – 2022-02-25

• Fixed: Post Date Array notice in some cases

2.0.4 – 2022-02-04

• Updated: WordPress version

2.0.3 – 2022-01-05

• Added: Post Type Support

2.0.2 – 2021-04-21

• Updated: WordPress version

2.0.1 – 2020-06-11

• Added: New Feature => Nepali Human Time Diff
• Updated: NDC_Nepali_Calendar

2.0.0 – 2020-06-10

• Added: New Feature => Show Post Date to Nepali
• Updated: Code Review
• Updated: Prefix

1.0.1 – 2020-05-03

• Updated: Latest version test
• Added: Contributor

1.0

Initial version