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<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Author</dt> <dd>audrasjb</dd>
<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Date</dt> <dd>2025-01-22 23:29:25 +0000 (Wed, 22 Jan 2025)</dd>
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<pre style='padding-left: 1em; margin: 2em 0; border-left: 2px solid #ccc; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 105%; font-family: sans-serif'>Docs: Clarify the purpose of post date/time functions.
This changeset clarifies the purpose of these functions and make the documentation more accurate and flexible. Instead of referring to the "date the post was written," the functions and filter descriptions now refer to the "date of the post." This change accommodates scenarios where the displayed date might not strictly correspond to the writing date (e.g. scheduled posts, backdated posts, or content where the "date" represents something other than creation).
Props casiepa, audrasjb, SergeyBiryukov, Rarst, helen, azouamauriac, pbearne.
Fixes <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51289">#51289</a>.</pre>
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<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- trunk/src/wp-includes/general-template.php 2025-01-22 22:31:06 UTC (rev 59690)
+++ trunk/src/wp-includes/general-template.php 2025-01-22 23:29:25 UTC (rev 59691)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Displays or retrieves the date the current post was written (once per date)
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Displays or retrieves the date of the post (once per date).
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * Will only output the date if the current post's date is different from the
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * previous one output.
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the date a post was published for display.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the date of the post, for display.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 0.71
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2569,7 +2569,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Retrieves the date on which the post was written.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Retrieves the date of the post.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * Unlike the_date() this function will always return the date.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * Modify output with the {@see 'get_the_date'} filter.
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2592,7 +2592,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> $the_date = get_post_time( $_format, false, $post, true );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the date a post was published.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the date of the post.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 3.0.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2618,7 +2618,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> $the_modified_date = $before . get_the_modified_date( $format ) . $after;
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the date a post was last modified for display.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the date a post was last modified, for display.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 2.1.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2672,7 +2672,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Displays the time at which the post was written.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Displays the date of the post.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 0.71
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2682,7 +2682,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> */
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> function the_time( $format = '' ) {
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the time a post was written for display.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the date of the post, for display.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 0.71
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2694,7 +2694,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Retrieves the time at which the post was written.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Retrieves the date of the post.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 1.5.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2717,7 +2717,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> $the_time = get_post_time( $_format, false, $post, true );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the time a post was written.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the date of the post.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 1.5.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Retrieves the time at which the post was written.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Retrieves the localized date of the post.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 2.0.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2774,12 +2774,12 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the localized time a post was written.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the localized date of the post.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 2.6.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @param string|int $time Formatted date string or Unix timestamp if `$format` is 'U' or 'G'.
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * @param string $format Format to use for retrieving the time the post was written.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * @param string $format Format to use for retrieving the date of the post.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * Accepts 'G', 'U', or PHP date format.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @param bool $gmt Whether to retrieve the GMT time.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> */
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2976,7 +2976,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Displays the weekday on which the post was written.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Displays the weekday for the post.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 0.71
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> $the_weekday = $wp_locale->get_weekday( get_post_time( 'w', false, $post ) );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the weekday on which the post was written, for display.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the weekday of the post, for display.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 0.71
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -3004,7 +3004,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Displays the weekday on which the post was written.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Displays the localized weekday date for the post
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * Will only output the weekday if the current post's weekday is different from
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * the previous one output.
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -3037,7 +3037,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the localized date on which the post was written, for display.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the localized weekday date of the post, for display.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 0.71
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -4351,7 +4351,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> */
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> function the_search_query() {
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the contents of the search query variable for display.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the contents of the search query variable, for display.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 2.3.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -4984,7 +4984,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> */
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> function the_generator( $type ) {
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Filters the output of the XHTML generator tag for display.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Filters the output of the XHTML generator tag, for display.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 2.5.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
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