Title: Change "function athemes_posted_on"
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Change "function athemes_posted_on"

 *  Resolved [Briesmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/briesmi/)
 * (@briesmi)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-function-athemes_posted_on/)
 * Hey,
 * first of all i want to thank you for that great support.
 * I want to change the function “athemes_posted_on” in “template-tags.php”. Actually
   it displays always the date when the post was created. Thats ok, but if the post
   is e.g. from today, it shows 2014-10-07 but i want to display **Today** instead
   of the date. Same for day before, there should be displayed **Yesterday**.
 * Is this possible?
 * Thanks so much from germany!

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 *  [Maruti Mohanty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marutim/)
 * (@marutim)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-function-athemes_posted_on/#post-5086041)
 * Hi Briesmi,
 * you can get the human readable time format by using a wordpress function available.
   [human_time_diff](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/human_time_diff)
 * You can make this changes by redefining the function “athemes_posted_on” in your
   child theme’s functions.php file.
 *     ```
       function athemes_posted_on() {
       	$time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
       	//if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) )
       		//$time_string .= '<time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
   
       	$time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
       		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
       		esc_html( human_time_diff( get_the_date( 'U' ) ) . ' ago' ),
       		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
       		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
       	);
   
       	printf( __( '<span class="posted-on">Posted on %1$s</span><span class="byline"> by %2$s</span>', 'athemes' ),
       		sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark">%3$s</a>',
       			esc_url( get_permalink() ),
       			esc_attr( get_the_time() ),
       			$time_string
       		),
       		sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s">%3$s</a></span>',
       			esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ),
       			esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'View all posts by %s', 'athemes' ), get_the_author() ) ),
       			esc_html( get_the_author() )
       		)
       	);
       }
       ```
   
 * Also i see you have been using verion 3.8.3. I will suggest you to keep your 
   site updated with the latest.
 *  Thread Starter [Briesmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/briesmi/)
 * (@briesmi)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-function-athemes_posted_on/#post-5086052)
 * Hey Maruti,
 * thanks for the help! I will not update wp cause my plugin is not compatible with
   the latest version.
 * To the function:
 * Human time is a good idea! But its not perfect.. I want to echo “today” only 
   if the post was created within the same day, and “yesterday” if the post was 
   created a day before. For all posts >2 days should displayed the normal date 
   format. Is this possible, too?
 * Thank you so much!
 *  [Maruti Mohanty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marutim/)
 * (@marutim)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-function-athemes_posted_on/#post-5086054)
 * Hi Briesmi,
 * This is definitely possible but you will have to built up a custom function for
   this.
 * You can take reference form how [Human time diff](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.9.1/src/wp-includes/formatting.php#L2337)
   works.
 * Thanks
 *  [Maruti Mohanty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marutim/)
 * (@marutim)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-function-athemes_posted_on/#post-5086059)
 * Hi Briesmi,
 * In case you haven’t figured out the custom function, you can use the below in
   your child theme’s functions.php file
 *     ```
       function heiro_human_time_diff( $timestamp ) {
       	$date = date('Y-m-d', $timestamp);
       	$today = date('Y-m-d');
       	$yesterday = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('yesterday')); 
   
       	// Checking the status
       	if ( $date == $today )
       		$status = 'Today';
       	else if ( $date == $yesterday )
       		$status = 'Yesterday';
       	else
       		$status = get_the_date();
   
       	return $status;
       }
       ```
   
 * and in the **athemes_posted_on** function, replace **human_time_diff** which 
   I suggested earlier with the custom function **heiro_human_time_diff**
 * so it looks like the following
 *     ```
       $time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
       		esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
       		esc_html( heiro_human_time_diff( get_the_date('U') ) ),
       		esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
       		esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
       	);
       ```
   
 * Hope it helps
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [Briesmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/briesmi/)
 * (@briesmi)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-function-athemes_posted_on/#post-5086093)
 * Maruti,
 * sorry for the late answer…
 * But you are my hero 😉
 * It works!!
 * There was some mistakes, i replaced heiro with hiero, and now it works.
 * **Just a last thing: **
 * Is there a way to display featured posts with **tomorrow**? I got a pluin for
   football fixtures, to display the match day.
    Thank you so much !!

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