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get_the_date( string $d = '',  int|WP_Post $post = null )

Retrieve the date on which the post was written.

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description

Unlike the_date() this function will always return the date. Modify output with the ‘get_the_date’ filter.

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参数

$d

(string) (Optional) PHP date format defaults to the date_format option if not specified.

Default value: ''

$post

(int|WP_Post) (Optional) Post ID or WP_Post object. Default current post.

Default value: null

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返回值

(false|string) Date the current post was written. False on failure.

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源代码

File: wp-includes/general-template.php

function get_the_date( $d = '', $post = null ) {
	$post = get_post( $post );

	if ( ! $post ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( '' == $d ) {
		$the_date = mysql2date( get_option( 'date_format' ), $post->post_date );
	} else {
		$the_date = mysql2date( $d, $post->post_date );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the date a post was published.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string      $the_date The formatted date.
	 * @param string      $d        PHP date format. Defaults to 'date_format' option
	 *                              if not specified.
	 * @param int|WP_Post $post     The post object or ID.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'get_the_date', $the_date, $d, $post );
}

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更新日志

Version	description
3.0.0	Introduced.

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相关函数

Uses

• wp-includes/general-template.php: get_the_date
• wp-includes/functions.php: mysql2date()
• wp-includes/plugin.php: apply_filters()
• wp-includes/option.php: get_option()
• wp-includes/post.php: get_post()

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Used By

• wp-includes/general-template.php: wp_get_document_title()
• wp-includes/general-template.php: get_the_archive_title()
• wp-includes/general-template.php: the_date()
• wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-recent-posts.php: WP_Widget_Recent_Posts::widget()

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User Contributed Notes

1. Skip to note content You must log in to vote on the helpfulness of this noteVote results for this note: 1You must log in to vote on the helpfulness of this note Contributed by Cameron Jones

   All PHP date formats can be found here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

To make the date appear as “Monday January 11, 2017”, for example, use

$post_date = get_the_date( 'l F j, Y' ); echo $post_date;

To make the date appear as “Wed Jan 9”, for example, use

$post_date = get_the_date( 'D M j' ); echo $post_date;

To get ISO 8601 date for meta, use

<time datetime="<?php echo get_the_date('c'); ?>" itemprop="datePublished"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></time>

Default Usage

<span class="entry-date"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></span>