get_the_time( string $d = '', int|WP_Post $post = null )
Retrieve the time at which the post was written.
Description
Parameters
- $d
-
(string) (Optional) Format to use for retrieving the time the post was written. Either 'G', 'U', or php date format defaults to the value specified in the time_format option.
Default value: ''
- $post
-
(int|WP_Post) (Optional) WP_Post object or ID. Default is global
$post
object.Default value: null
Return
(string|int|false) Formatted date string or Unix timestamp if $d
is 'U' or 'G'. False on failure.
Source
File: wp-includes/general-template.php
function get_the_time( $d = '', $post = null ) { $post = get_post( $post ); if ( ! $post ) { return false; } if ( '' == $d ) { $the_time = get_post_time( get_option( 'time_format' ), false, $post, true ); } else { $the_time = get_post_time( $d, false, $post, true ); } /** * Filters the time a post was written. * * @since 1.5.0 * * @param string $the_time The formatted time. * @param string $d Format to use for retrieving the time the post was written. * Accepts 'G', 'U', or php date format value specified * in 'time_format' option. Default empty. * @param int|WP_Post $post WP_Post object or ID. */ return apply_filters( 'get_the_time', $the_time, $d, $post ); }
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
1.5.0 | Introduced. |
Basic Example
Returns the time of the current post using the WordPress default format, and displays it using the PHP echo command.
Returns the time of the post with ID $post->ID in the WordPress default format.
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.
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: