The get_comment_date() WordPress PHP function retrieves the comment date of the current comment.
Usage
get_comment_date( $format, $comment_id )
Example:
Input: get_comment_date('F j, Y', 15)
Output: "September 8, 2021"
Parameters
$format(string) Optional: PHP date format. Defaults to the ‘date_format’ option. Default:''$comment_id(int|WP_Comment) Optional: WP_Comment or ID of the comment for which to get the date. Default current comment.
More information
See WordPress Developer Resources: get_comment_date()
Examples
Display human-readable comment time
This example shows how to create a function that returns a human-readable comment time, such as “3 mins ago” or “2 weeks ago”.
function smk_get_comment_time( $comment_id = 0 ) {
return sprintf( _x( '%s ago', 'Human-readable time', 'text-domain' ), human_time_diff( get_comment_date( 'U', $comment_id ), current_time( 'timestamp' ) ) );
}
Basic example
This example shows how to use get_comment_date() with a specific date format and a comment ID.
$d = "l, F jS, Y"; $comment_date = get_comment_date( $d, $comment_ID ); echo $comment_date; // Outputs: "Saturday, November 6th, 2010"
Example with different date formats
These examples demonstrate how to use get_comment_date() with various date formats.
// Prints something like: Monday 8th of August 2005 echo get_comment_date( 'l jS \\of F Y' ); // Prints something like: Mon Mar 8 2012 echo get_comment_date( 'D M j Y' ); // Prints something like 07/08/2017 (dd/mm/yyyy) echo get_comment_date( 'd\\/m\\/Y' );