[SOLVED] Format Date for Custom fields using %meta(fieldname)%

Hi All -

I hope one of you can help.

I am using custom fields in my posts. In order to display them I entered the following in BYLINE: Multi Post Pages section. <B>START DATE:</B> %meta('start_date')% <br />

It works great, but, now I want to format the date. I looked at the various threads re: date formatting and custom fields and even changed some of the PHP of bfa_postinfo.php according to the instructions, but nothing seems to work.

could someone tell me how to change the format to be as follows:

l, F j, Y

Thanks so much.