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

Retrieves the time at which the post was written.


Parameters

$format string Optional
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: ''

$post int|WP_Post Optional
Post ID or post object. Default is global $post object.

Default: null


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Return

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


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Source

File: wp-includes/general-template.php. View all references

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 );
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
1.5.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex

    Basic Example

    Returns the time of the current post using the WordPress default format, and displays it using the PHP echo command.

    <?php echo get_the_time(); ?>

    Returns the time of the post with ID $post->ID in the WordPress default format.

    <?php echo get_the_time( '', $post->ID ); ?>
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    Contributed by Codex

    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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