Template Tags/get the time « WordPress Codex

Template Tags/get the time

Returns the time of the current post for use in PHP. It does not display the time. This tag must be used within The Loop.

This tag is available beginning with version 1.5 of WordPress. To display the time of a post, use the_time().

<?php get_the_time('format'); ?>

Returns the time of the current post using the WordPress default format, and displays it using the PHP echo command.

<?php echo get_the_time(); ?>

Assigns the time of the current post in seconds (since January 1 1970, known as the Unix Epoch) to the variable $u_time.

<?php $u_time = get_the_time('U'); ?>

format: (string) The format the time is to display in. Defaults to the time format configured in your WordPress options. See Formatting Date and Time.