Title: Date Problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Date Problems

 *  Resolved [phenomenal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phenomenal/)
 * (@phenomenal)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems/)
 * On my website, when I put in the code ‘<?php the_date(); ?>’ it shows the date
   for the newest post, but not for the older posts. Even if it was added 5 minutes
   after. Is the code wrong, or what? Do any of you know how to fix this?

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 *  [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/)
 * (@mercime)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems/#post-1060616)
 * Did you put the code in single.php or index.php or archive.php? Then the information
   should appear in your site whenever you go to the single post page or home page
   or archive page.
 *  Thread Starter [phenomenal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phenomenal/)
 * (@phenomenal)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems/#post-1060714)
 * It’s on the page that has all of the coding for the main posts; index.php.
 * So it’s on the right page and everything, but it just won’t show older dates.
 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems/#post-1060716)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_date](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_date)
 * > “SPECIAL NOTE: When there are multiple posts on a page published under the 
   > SAME DAY, the_date() only displays the date for the first post (that is, the
   > first instance of the_date()). To repeat the date for posts published under
   > the same day, you should use the Template Tag the_time() with a date-specific
   > format string.”
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_time](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_time)
 *  Thread Starter [phenomenal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phenomenal/)
 * (@phenomenal)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems/#post-1060757)
 * THANK YOU! That worked, and now everything works for me. Thank you so much.
 *  [herudea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herudea/)
 * (@herudea)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems/#post-1060973)
 * Thanks! Good help.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-problems/#post-1060973)
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