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1. athenagold
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello,

   I'm customizing a blog and would like to have the date display in a box so that it is stacked like this:

   JUL
   07
   08

   I cannot seem to figure out how to do this. I tried this:

   <?php the_date('M'); ?>
   <?php the_date('d'); ?>
   <?php the_date('y'); ?>

   But it will only display the first one, Month.

   Ideally, I'd like to just list them out in one call - <?php the_date('M d y'); ?> but somehow place spans between each one, so that I can style them in my CSS.

   Any ideas?

   Thank you!!

2. Allstar
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Try using 'the_time()' for all 3.

   Sounds silly but it works because the_date will only work once per post... :)

3. irishjayhawk
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Instead of making another topic, I thought I'd bump this for a quick question.

   I want to achieve the same thing but I DON'T want it to display on every post, but rather just the first one.

   I'm using the_date(), but it won't display properly.

4. t31os
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Try using 'the_time()' for all 3.

   Sounds silly but it works because the_date will only work once per post... :)

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