the_date filter-hook . WP 0.71

Filters the date a post was published for display.

Usage

add_filter( 'the_date', 'filter_function_name_4990', 10, 4 );
function filter_function_name_4990( $the_date, $format, $before, $after ){
	// filter...

	return $the_date;
}

$the_date(string)

The formatted date string.

$format(string)

PHP date format.

$before(string)

HTML output before the date.

$after(string)

HTML output after the date.

Changelog

Where the hook is called

$the_date = apply_filters( 'the_date', $the_date, $format, $before, $after );

Where in WP core the hook is used WordPress