# Twig
Elements CMS support the [Twig templating language](https://twig.symfony.com/).
### Date Format Example
The following example uses the [date–modify Twig Syntax](https://twig.symfony.com/doc/3.x/filters/date_modify.html) to format the date, using the [DateTimeInterface in PHP](https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php).
```
{{item.date_published|date("j F Y")}}
```
{% hint style="warning" %}
### International Date Formatting
The Twig International Date Extension is installed, but it requires PHP's `intl` extension to be installed and enabled on your server to function correctly. Make sure to check your PHP configuration to ensure it is available.
{% endhint %}
### Uppercase Example
If you need to ensure your title is uppercased you could append a pipe and upper text to the item.title tag, like this:
```
{{item.title}}
```
Outputs: Hello world!
```
{{item.title|upper}}
```
Outputs: HELLO WORLD!
### Generate a Clean Text Excerpt
Shows the first 32 words of the content, with all HTML tags removed for a clean text excerpt.
```html
{{ item.body|striptags|split(' ')|slice(0, 32)|join(' ') ~ ' ...' }}
```
### Useful Resources
* [Twig Docs](https://twig.symfony.com/doc/3.x/)
* [Twig Filters](https://twig.symfony.com/doc/3.x/filters/index.html)
* [Twig Playground](https://twig.symfony.com/play)
* [PHP Date Functions](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php)