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1. Vicky Arulsingam
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   I've created a custom page to display list of daily archives for a particular category

   <?php query_posts('cat='.$cat.'&posts_per_page=-1'); ?>

   <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <?php the_date('','<small>','</small>
   '); ?>

   <?php endwhile; ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   The problem I'm having is when I try to add links:

   '< a href = domain.com /<?php the_date('Ymd')?>.php"> <?php the_date('','<small>','</small>
   '); ?>'

   What shows up in html code is:
   < a href="http://www.mydomain.com/content/20050421.php"></ a>

   < a href="http://www.mydomain.com/content/.php">
   

   The dates don't show up at all.

   Can anyone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong?

2. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 7 years ago #

   the_date() only displays/returns the first time it's called (for a day). See the info on it here:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_date

   You can use the_time() in its place with a date formatting string:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_time

3. Vicky Arulsingam
   Member
   Posted 7 years ago #

   Thank you! It worked like a charm.

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