The get_the_date() WordPress PHP function retrieves the date on which the post was written.
Usage
get_the_date( $format, $post )
Example: get_the_date('F j, Y') will return ‘May 6, 2023’ for a post published on May 6, 2023.
Parameters
$format(string) Optional: PHP date format. Defaults to the ‘date_format’ option. Default: ”$post(int|WP_Post) Optional: Post ID or WP_Post object. Default current post. Default: null
More information
See WordPress Developer Resources: get_the_date()
Examples
Displaying the date in a custom format
To display the date in the format ‘Monday January 11, 2017’, use the following code:
$post_date = get_the_date( 'l F j, Y' ); echo $post_date;
Displaying the date with day, day symbol, short month, and long year
To display the date as ’15th Jan 2020′, use the following code:
echo get_the_date( 'dS M Y', $post->ID );
Displaying the default date format
To display the default date format, use the following code:
echo '<span class="entry-date">' . get_the_date() . '</span>';
Displaying the date in Ymd format
To display the date in Ymd format (e.g., 20191231), use the following code:
$post_date = get_the_date( 'Ymd' ); echo $post_date;
Displaying the current month’s full name and year
To display the current month’s full name and year (e.g., ‘January 2020’), use the following code:
echo get_the_date( 'F Y', get_the_ID() );