Retrieves the time at which the post was written.
Parameters
$formatstringoptional- Format to use for retrieving the time the post was written. Accepts
'G','U', or PHP date format.
Defaults to the'time_format'option.Default:
'' $postint|WP_Postoptional- Post ID or post object. Default is global
$postobject.Default:
null
Source
function get_the_time( $format = '', $post = null ) {
$post = get_post( $post );
if ( ! $post ) {
return false;
}
$_format = ! empty( $format ) ? $format : get_option( 'time_format' );
$the_time = get_post_time( $_format, false, $post, true );
/**
* Filters the time a post was written.
*
* @since 1.5.0
*
* @param string|int $the_time Formatted date string or Unix timestamp if `$format` is 'U' or 'G'.
* @param string $format Format to use for retrieving the time the post
* was written. Accepts 'G', 'U', or PHP date format.
* @param WP_Post $post Post object.
*/
return apply_filters( 'get_the_time', $the_time, $format, $post );
}
Hooks
- apply_filters( ‘get_the_time’,
string|int $the_time ,string $format ,WP_Post $post ) Filters the time a post was written.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.5.0 | Introduced. |
Basic Example
Returns the time of the current post using the WordPress default format, and displays it using the PHP echo command.
Returns the time of the post with ID $post->ID in the WordPress default format.
Getting Unix Timestamp
Assigns the local time of the current post in seconds (since January 1 1970, known as the Unix Epoch) to the variable $u_time.
In most cases, you would probably want the epoch time for GMT (rather than for the local time zone), which you can get with the get_post_time() function, setting the $gmt option to true: