Title: “The Date” Tag
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# “The Date” Tag

 *  [ian2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ian2/)
 * (@ian2)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-date-tag/)
 * Hi this is what I want it to look like:
 * By <Author Name> on <Date> at <Time>
 * I put this in:
 * By <?php the_author() ?> on <?php the_date(); ?> at <?php echo get_the_time();?
   >
 * But all I get is:
 * By Ian on at 11:22pm
 * (no date)
 * What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

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 *  [Joshua Sigar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alphaoide/)
 * (@alphaoide)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-date-tag/#post-239937)
 * By default, the_date() output is formatted according to “Options -> General -
   > Default Date Format.”
 * You could change the default format, or you could customize it by passing parameter
   to the_date() [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_date](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_date)
 *  [jonimueller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonimueller/)
 * (@jonimueller)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-date-tag/#post-239938)
 * Your date must be formatted like this:
 * `<?php the_time("m/d/Y (g:i a)") ?>`
 * to get this:
 * July 26, 2005 (10:47 pm)
 * Hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [ian2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ian2/)
 * (@ian2)
 * [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-date-tag/#post-239943)
 * Thanks to both of you!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [ian2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ian2/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-date-tag/#post-239943)
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