the_date │ filter-hook │ WP 0.71

Filters the date a post was published for display.

Usage

add_filter( 'the_date', 'wp_kama_the_date_filter', 10, 4 );

/**
 * Function for `the_date` filter-hook.
 * 
 * @param string $the_date The formatted date string.
 * @param string $format   PHP date format.
 * @param string $before   HTML output before the date.
 * @param string $after    HTML output after the date.
 *
 * @return string
 */
function wp_kama_the_date_filter( $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 the hook is used in WordPress