Display one category in a mini-loop

this topic says resolved, but here is the code i use to display 5 posts with dates in a bulleted list. just change the category and number of posts in line 1,


<?php $posts = get_posts( "category=2&numberposts=5" ); ?>
<?php if( $posts ) : ?>
<ul>
<?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
<li>
<span class="date">
<?php the_time('F j'); ?>
</span>
<a href=<?php the_permalink() ?>>
<?php the_title(); ?>
</a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>


This code isn’t working – I’m getting all kinds of errors…
I know there’s an extra > in there, but it’s giving me issues with <?php foreach( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?> too.

I know there’s extra spaces, but I don’t know where… I wish people would just use the “code” feature and post the code properly and completely… *sigh*

Anyone help?

Edit: What I’m really looking to do here is display titles/links to the posts in one specific category on a page (along with other content). Short of making a page template for a cat archive I can’t figure this one out. Linking to the cat archive alone won’t work, because I need to have other content on this page…

the above code is working for me in WP2.3 …so far.