Replacing date with ID number

You probably have the_date('') or the_time('') already, so you might try in your loop:
`
<?php
echo ‘typical post id in the loop ‘. $post->ID;
?>

I tried replacing the_time code in the page.php template with the php you’re suggesting. I must be doing something wrong because the date is still there under the article header.

Should it look like this?

<?php the_time(__(echo ‘typical post id in the loop ‘. $post->ID;)) ?>

<?php the_time(__(echo 'typical post id in the loop '. $post->ID;)) ?>

should be:

<?php
echo 'typical post id in the loop '. $post->ID;
?>

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the_time()