get_the_time( string $format = , int|WP_Post $post = null ): string|int|false

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 $post object.

Default:null

Return

string|int|false Formatted date string or Unix timestamp if $format is 'U' or 'G'.
False on failure.

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

VersionDescription
1.5.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    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.

    <?php $local_timestamp = get_the_time( 'U' ); ?>

    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:

    <?php $gmt_timestamp = get_post_time( 'U', true ); ?>

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