Recent Post Date

Hi I am using the following to get the latest five posts.

<?php
require('blog/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

<?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a><br />
<?php endwhile;?>

I want to include the date it was posted as well next to the title.

How can I do this?

Thanks