get_comment_date() – Function | Developer.WordPress.org

Retrieves the comment date of the current comment.

Parameters

$formatstringoptional: PHP date format. Defaults to the 'date_format' option.
Default:''
$comment_idint|WP_Commentoptional: WP_Comment or ID of the comment for which to get the date.
Default current comment.

Return

string The comment’s date.

More Information

The date format can be in a format specified in Formatting Date and Time

Source

function get_comment_date( $format = '', $comment_id = 0 ) {
	$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );

	$_format = ! empty( $format ) ? $format : get_option( 'date_format' );

	$comment_date = mysql2date( $_format, $comment->comment_date );

	/**
	 * Filters the returned comment date.
	 *
	 * @since 1.5.0
	 *
	 * @param string|int $comment_date Formatted date string or Unix timestamp.
	 * @param string     $format       PHP date format.
	 * @param WP_Comment $comment      The comment object.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'get_comment_date', $comment_date, $format, $comment );
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( ‘get_comment_date’, string|int $comment_date, string $format, WP_Comment $comment ): Filters the returned comment date.

Uses	Description
mysql2date()`wp-includes/functions.php`	Converts given MySQL date string into a different format.
apply_filters()`wp-includes/plugin.php`	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.
get_option()`wp-includes/option.php`	Retrieves an option value based on an option name.
get_comment()`wp-includes/comment.php`	Retrieves comment data given a comment ID or comment object.

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Used by	Description
WP_Comments_List_Table::column_date()`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php`
Walker_Comment::comment()`wp-includes/class-walker-comment.php`	Outputs a single comment.
Walker_Comment::html5_comment()`wp-includes/class-walker-comment.php`	Outputs a comment in the HTML5 format.
comment_date()`wp-includes/comment-template.php`	Displays the comment date of the current comment.

Changelog

Version	Description
4.4.0	Added the ability for `$comment_id` to also accept a WP_Comment object.
1.5.0	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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Andrei Surdu 8 years ago

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Display a beautiful, human-readable, comment time:
```
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' ) 
		) 
	);
}
```
When called it will convert the time and return something like:
```
"1 min ago", "3 mins ago", "17 hours ago", "7 days ago", "2 weeks ago", etc....
```
Use this function because it’s more user friendly.
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Codex 9 years ago

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Basic Example
```
$d = "l, F jS, Y";
$comment_date = get_comment_date( $d, $comment_ID );
echo $comment_date;

// This will output something similar to "Saturday, November 6th, 2010". 
```
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Rose 9 years ago

Examples of Different 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' );

get_comment_date( string $format = '', int|WP_Comment $comment_id ): string

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