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1. paulwillen
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   I'm trying to get the original published date and time from a post.
   Normally you'd say I can use

   $the_post = get_post($post_ID);
   $dateline = $the_post->post_date;

   But when updating a post the post_ID changes and the post_date I get is from the revision, and not from the published post.

   I've tried to get arround this with the
   get_post_ancestors($the_post);
   but sadly have no clue how to go from there...

   Is there a way to get the original publish date from the post on a revision?

   Thanks and best regard,

   Paul

2. Edward Caissie
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If you are doing this from within the_Loop
   

   the_time()

   returns the original post date ... have a look at this page for some more details: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_time

3. paulwillen
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   Thanks for your comment, but sadly I dont Use the_loop.
   I get a post by:

   $the_post = get_post($post_ID);
   So I don't loop through my posts.
   Is there any way around using the_time() without using the_loop?

   Because that would solve my problem I think.

4. paulwillen
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Oh, I'm not using this code in a template file, but in a plugin.

5. Edward Caissie
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Have you considered a one-post loop for your plugin using wp_query to set the specific post?

   Additional Reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query

6. paulwillen
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi Cais.

   Thanks for following up with me. I really appreciate that!
   I was able to solve my problem with this:

   $origpostdate = get_the_date($d, $the_post->post_parent);
   		$origposttime = get_the_time($d, $the_post->post_parent);
   		$dateline = $origpostdate.' '.$origposttime;

   It might not be the best solution, but it works without any problems for me.

   Thanks again...

7. Edward Caissie
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Nicely sorted out.

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