Displays 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:
''
Source
function the_time( $format = '' ) {
/**
* Filters the time a post was written for display.
*
* @since 0.71
*
* @param string $get_the_time The formatted time.
* @param string $format Format to use for retrieving the time the post
* was written. Accepts 'G', 'U', or PHP date format.
*/
echo apply_filters( 'the_time', get_the_time( $format ), $format );
}
Hooks
- apply_filters( ‘the_time’,
string $get_the_time ,string $format ) Filters the time a post was written for display.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 0.71 | Introduced. |
Date as Month Day, Year
Displays the time in the date format ‘F j, Y’ (ex: December 2, 2004), which could be used to replace the tag the_date() .
Basic Example
Displays the time using your WordPress defaults.
Time as AM/PM VS. 24H format
Displays the time using the format parameter string ‘g:i a’ (ex: 10:36 pm).
Displays the time using the 24 hours format parameter string ‘G:i’ (ex: 17:52).
Date and Time
Displays the date and time.
Example output is:
Posted: July 17, 2007 at 7:19 amA complete list of codes for time and date can be found here:
https://wordpress.org/support/article/formatting-date-and-time/