Set the date

Hi Marco.

Yes, of course you can. You just need to tweak the template you’re using (which I believe you already know how to, because you were able to append the $post->post_date value) and add the date:

$date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
$date = strtotime( $post->post_date );
$date = date( $date_format, $date );

In the previous snippet, $date_format uses your WordPress current setup to determine how to format a date. I’d assume that it’ll use the Italian locale, but I’m not 100% sure. If you want to use a different format, just either edit the date format in your WordPress Settings screen, or set your own format manually:

$date_format = 'Y m, d';

In PHP documentation website, you’ll find a comprehensive list of all the accepted “letters” for formatting dates.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
David

Hi, thanks for your reply.
Can you pls help me to add your code inside my custom template i attach you?
I need the date under the title and if possible also a button that links to the article.
Thanks a lot for your help
Bye
Marco

<?php

/**
 * You must declare this variable in your templates. It contains the current
 * related post that is about to be displayed.
 */
global $post;

// Open link A tag that points to the post itself
$open_link = sprintf(
		'<a class="related_post_link" href="%s" title="%s">',
		get_permalink( $post->ID ),
		esc_attr( apply_filters( 'the_title', $post->post_title, $post->ID ) )
	);
$close_link = '</a>';

?>

<article class="post-<?php echo $post->ID; ?> post type-post status-publish entry" itemscope="itemscope"><?php
	if ( has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ) { ?>
	<div class="featured-image alignleft">
		<?php
		echo $open_link;
		echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'post-thumbnail' );
		echo $close_link;
		?>
	</div>
	<?php
	} ?>
	<h2 class="entry-title"><?php
		echo $open_link;
		echo apply_filters( 'the_title', $post->post_title, $post->ID );
		echo $close_link;
	?></h2>
	<div class="vcex-blog-entry-date">
	<?php
	echo apply_filters( 'date', $post->post_date, $post->ID );
	?>
	</div>
</article>

Sure,

Just add the snippet I shared above right after the global $post; declaration and echo the $date right after the title:

...
global $post;
$date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
$date = strtotime( $post->post_date );
$date = date( $date_format, $date );

...

<h2 class="entry-title"><?php
  echo $open_link;
  echo apply_filters( 'the_title', ...
  echo ' ' . $date;
  echo $close_link;
?></h2>

...

hi, thanks but i see the date only in english and not in italian… can you pls help me?

<?php

/**
 * You must declare this variable in your templates. It contains the current
 * related post that is about to be displayed.
 */

global $post;
$date_format = 'Y m, d';
$date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
$date = strtotime( $post->post_date );
$date = date( $date_format, $date );

// Open link A tag that points to the post itself
$open_link = sprintf(
		'<a class="related_post_link" href="%s" title="%s">',
		get_permalink( $post->ID ),
		esc_attr( apply_filters( 'the_title', $post->post_title, $post->ID ) )
	);
$close_link = '</a>';

?>

<article class="post-<?php echo $post->ID; ?> post type-post status-publish entry" itemscope="itemscope"><?php
	if ( has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ) { ?>
	<div class="featured-image alignleft">
		<?php
		echo $open_link;
		echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'post-thumbnail' );
		echo $close_link;
		?>
	</div>
	<?php
	} ?>
	<h2 class="entry-title"><?php
		echo $open_link;
		echo apply_filters( 'the_title', $post->post_title, $post->ID );
		echo $close_link;
	?></h2>
	<div class="vcex-blog-entry-date">
	<?php
		
		echo ''. $date;
	?>
	</div>
</article>

Oops! Don’t use PHP’s date function, but WordPress’ date_i18n function (you can see the documentation in the Codex):

...
$date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
$date = strtotime( $post->post_date );
$date = date_i18n( $date_format, $date );
...

perfect, thanks! It works now.