diff --git a/src/my-calendar-core.php b/src/my-calendar-core.php
index 8270da8aa..881beb71f 100644
--- a/src/my-calendar-core.php
+++ b/src/my-calendar-core.php
@@ -1220,8 +1220,8 @@ function mc_ajax_add_date() {
 		$format      = array( '%d', '%s', '%s', '%d' );
 		$data        = array(
 			'occur_event_id' => $event_id,
-			'occur_begin'    => date( 'Y-m-d  H:i:s', $begin ),
-			'occur_end'      => date( 'Y-m-d  H:i:s', $end ),
+			'occur_begin'    => date( 'Y-m-d  H:i:s', $begin ), // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date
+			'occur_end'      => date( 'Y-m-d  H:i:s', $end ), // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date
 			'occur_group_id' => $group_id,
 		);
 		$result      = $wpdb->insert( my_calendar_event_table(), $data, $format );
diff --git a/src/my-calendar-install.php b/src/my-calendar-install.php
index 7eae4f632..94d6d6abd 100644
--- a/src/my-calendar-install.php
+++ b/src/my-calendar-install.php
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ function mc_migrate_db() {
 		// assign endtimes to all events.
 		if ( '00:00:00' === $event->event_endtime && '00:00:00' !== $event->event_time ) {
 			$event->event_endtime = date( 'H:i:s', strtotime( "$event->event_time +1 hour" ) ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date
-			mc_flag_event( $event->event_id, $event->event_endtime ); 
+			mc_flag_event( $event->event_id, $event->event_endtime );
 		}
 		// Set up category relationships if missing.
 		$cats = $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare( 'SELECT category_id FROM ' . my_calendar_category_relationships_table() . ' WHERE event_id = %d', $event->event_id ) ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared
diff --git a/src/my-calendar-settings.php b/src/my-calendar-settings.php
index 18c65de5f..7f3e7e22f 100644
--- a/src/my-calendar-settings.php
+++ b/src/my-calendar-settings.php
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function my_calendar_import() {
 		$event_ids      = array();
 		$events_results = false;
 		foreach ( $events as $key ) {
-			$endtime        = ( '00:00:00' === $key['event_time'] ) ? '00:00:00' : date( 'H:i:s', strtotime( "$key[event_time] +1 hour" ) );
+			$endtime        = ( '00:00:00' === $key['event_time'] ) ? '00:00:00' : date( 'H:i:s', strtotime( "$key[event_time] +1 hour" ) ); // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date
 			$data           = array(
 				'event_title'    => $key['event_title'],
 				'event_desc'     => $key['event_desc'],
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ function mc_remote_db() {
 							$time_format  = ( '' === get_option( 'mc_time_format', '' ) ) ? date_i18n( get_option( 'time_format' ) ) : date_i18n( get_option( 'mc_time_format' ) );
 							$week_format  = ( '' === get_option( 'mc_week_format', '' ) ) ? date_i18n( 'M j, \'y' ) : date_i18n( get_option( 'mc_week_format' ) );
 							$date_format  = ( '' === get_option( 'mc_date_format', '' ) ) ? date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ) ) : date_i18n( get_option( 'mc_date_format' ) );
-							$tomorrow     = date( 'j' ) + 1;
+							$tomorrow     = date( 'j' ) + 1; // phpcs:ignore WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date
 							$multi_format = ( '' === get_option( 'mc_multidate_format', '' ) ) ? date_i18n( str_replace( '%d', $tomorrow, 'F j-%d, Y' ) ) : date_i18n( str_replace( '%j', $tomorrow, get_option( 'mc_multidate_format' ) ) );
 							?>
 							<li><?php mc_settings_field( 'mc_date_format', __( 'Primary Date Format', 'my-calendar' ), '', $date_format ); ?></li>