MichaelH, is the key in the [Hack. Set $post so that the_date() works.] section?
I have been able already to turn off the date on current posts, I am concerned now with the archives.
Thanks for your help, sorry to post so much code. How can I post code in a neater fashion?
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<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">
<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php $post = $posts[0]; // Hack. Set $post so that the_date() works. ?>
<?php /* If this is a category archive */ if (is_category()) { ?>
<?php if (function_exists('lang_picker_respect_more')) : ?>
<h2 class="pagetitle"><?php printf(__('Archive for the ‘%1$s’ Category'), lang_picker_respect_more(single_cat_title('',false))); ?></h2>
<?php else : ?>
<h2 class="pagetitle"><?php printf(__('Archive for the ‘%1$s’ Category'), single_cat_title('',false)); ?></h2>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php /* If this is a daily archive */ } elseif (is_day()) { ?>
<h2 class="pagetitle"><?php printf(__('Archive for %1$s'), get_the_time(__('F jS, Y'))); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is a monthly archive */ } elseif (is_month()) { ?>
<h2 class="pagetitle"><?php printf(__('Archive for %1$s'), get_the_time(__('F, Y'))); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is a yearly archive */ } elseif (is_year()) { ?>
<h2 class="pagetitle"><?php printf(__('Archive for %1$s'), get_the_time('Y')); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is a search */ } elseif (is_search()) { ?>
<h2 class="pagetitle"><?php _e('Search Results'); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is an author archive */ } elseif (is_author()) { ?>
<h2 class="pagetitle"><?php _e('Author Archive'); ?></h2>
<?php /* If this is a paged archive */ } elseif (isset($_GET['paged']) && !empty($_GET['paged'])) { ?>
<h2 class="pagetitle"><?php _e('Blog Archives'); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>