get_comment_date( string $d = '', int|WP_Comment $comment_ID )

Retrieve the comment date of the current comment.


Description Description


Parameters Parameters

$d

(string) (Optional) The format of the date. Default user's setting.

Default value: ''

$comment_ID

(int|WP_Comment) (Optional) WP_Comment or ID of the comment for which to get the date. Default current comment.


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Return Return

(string) The comment's date.


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Source Source

File: wp-includes/comment-template.php

function get_comment_date( $d = '', $comment_ID = 0 ) {
	$comment = get_comment( $comment_ID );
	if ( '' == $d ) {
		$date = mysql2date( get_option( 'date_format' ), $comment->comment_date );
	} else {
		$date = mysql2date( $d, $comment->comment_date );
	}
	/**
	 * Filters the returned comment date.
	 *
	 * @since 1.5.0
	 *
	 * @param string|int $date    Formatted date string or Unix timestamp.
	 * @param string     $d       The format of the date.
	 * @param WP_Comment $comment The comment object.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'get_comment_date', $date, $d, $comment );
}

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Changelog Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
4.4.0 Added the ability for $comment_ID to also accept a WP_Comment object.
1.5.0 Introduced.


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User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

  1. Skip to note 2 content
    Contributed by thelittlemercoder

    Examples of Different Date Formats

    // Prints something like: Monday 8th of August 2005
    echo get_comment_date( 'l jS \of F Y' );
    
    // Prints something like: Mon Mar 8 2012
    echo get_comment_date( 'D M j Y' );
    
    // Prints something like 07/08/2017 (dd/mm/yyyy)
    echo get_comment_date( 'd\/m\/Y' );
    
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    Contributed by Andrew Surdu

    Display a beautiful, human-readable, comment time:

    function smk_get_comment_time( $comment_id = 0 ){
    	return sprintf( 
    		_x( '%s ago', 'Human-readable time', 'text-domain' ), 
    		human_time_diff( 
    			get_comment_date( 'U', $comment_id ), 
    			current_time( 'timestamp' ) 
    		) 
    	);
    }
    

    When called it will convert the time and return something like:

    "1 min ago", "3 mins ago", "17 hours ago", "7 days ago", "2 weeks ago", etc....

    Use this function because it’s more user friendly.

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