the_time( string $format = '' )

Displays the time at which the post was written.

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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: ''

Source

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

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 );
}

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Hooks

apply_filters( 'the_time', string $get_the_time, string $format )

Filters the time a post was written for display.

Uses

Uses
Uses	Description
get_the_time() wp-includes/general-template.php	Retrieves the time at which the post was written.
apply_filters() wp-includes/plugin.php	Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

Changelog

Changelog
Version	Description
0.71	Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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Contributed by Codex — 7 years ago
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().
```
<div><?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></div>
```
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Contributed by Codex — 7 years ago
Basic Example

Displays the time using your WordPress defaults.
```
<p><?php _e( 'Time posted: ', 'textdomain' ) . the_time() ); ?></p>
```
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Contributed by Codex — 7 years ago
Time as AM/PM VS. 24H format

Displays the time using the format parameter string ‘g:i a’ (ex: 10:36 pm).
```
<p><?php _e( 'Time posted: ', 'textdomain' ) . the_time( 'g:i a' ) ); ?></p>
```
Displays the time using the 24 hours format parameter string ‘G:i’ (ex: 17:52).
```
<p><?php _e( 'Time posted: ', 'textdomain' ) . the_time( 'G:i' ) ); ?></p>
```
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Contributed by Codex — 7 years ago
Date and Time

Displays the date and time.
```
<p>Posted: <?php the_date('F j, Y'); ?> at <?php the_time('g:i a'); ?></p>
```
Example output is:

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 7:19 am
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Contributed by rassspass — 6 months ago

A complete list of codes for time and date can be found here:

https://wordpress.org/support/article/formatting-date-and-time/

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