comment_date()WP 0.71

Outputs the publication date of the comment. You can specify the desired format.

No Hooks.

Returns

null.

Usage

<?php comment_date( $d, $comment_ID ); ?>
$d(string)
Date format. All possible formats.
Default: date format set in WordPress settings
$comment_ID(int/object)
ID or object of the comment whose publication date you want to retrieve.
Default: ID of the current comment

Examples

0

#1 Display the date of the current comment in desired format:

Comment date: <?php comment_date( 'n-j-Y' ); ?>

Displays: Comment date: 12-6-2011.

Changelog

Since 0.71 Introduced.
Since 4.4.0 Added the ability for $comment_id to also accept a WP_Comment object.

comment_date() code WP 6.8.1

function comment_date( $format = '', $comment_id = 0 ) {
	echo get_comment_date( $format, $comment_id );
}