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Function Reference/comment date

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Description

Displays the date a comment was posted.

Use get_comment_date() to retrieve the value.

Usage

 <?php comment_date$d$comment_ID ); ?> 

Parameters

$d
(string) (optional) Formatting for the date.
Default: The date format set in WordPress. See Formatting Date and Time.
$comment_ID
(integer) (optional) The ID of the comment for which to print the date.
Default: 0 (the current comment)

Return Values

None. Echoes the return of get_comment_date()

Example

Displays the current comment date in the format "6-30-2004":

<div>Comment posted on <?php comment_date('n-j-Y'); ?></div>

Changelog

  •  ? : Added the 'comment_ID' parameter.
  • Since: 0.71

Source File

comment_date() is located in wp-includes/comment-template.php

Related

Formatting_Date_and_Time

cancel_comment_reply_link(), comment_author(), comment_author_email(), comment_author_email_link(), comment_author_IP(), comment_author_link(), comment_author_rss(), comment_author_url(), comment_author_url_link(), comment_class(), comment_date(), comment_excerpt(), comment_form_title(), comment_form(), comment_ID(), comment_id_fields(), comment_reply_link(), comment_text(), comment_text_rss(), comment_time(), comment_type(), comments_link, comments_number(), comments_open(), comments_popup_link(), comments_popup_script(), comments_rss_link(), get_avatar(), next_comments_link(), paginate_comments_links(), permalink_comments_rss(), previous_comments_link(), wp_list_comments()

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