the_time returning only one date

1db
(@1db)

5 years, 7 months ago

I’m using the_time on my archive page, like this:

<h3 class="categoryHead"><span>Browsing posts from</span> <?php the_time('F, Y'); ?></h3>

So if you choose, say, July 2017 from the date archive on the blog, you should get a headline that says “Browsing posts from July, 2017.” But you don’t: no matter which date you choose, what you get is “Browsing posts from November, -0001.”

Does anyone have an insight into this? It’s always worked in the past.

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Benjamin Lu
(@benlumia007)

5 years, 7 months ago

hello,

you can try the following 🙂

<?php the_date(get_option(‘date_format); ?>

this way, when you go to the settings in the dashboard and u change how the date is display in the front end.

hope that solved your problem.

Thread Starter 1db
(@1db)

5 years, 7 months ago

Nope, that killed the page.
Benjamin Lu
(@benlumia007)

5 years, 7 months ago
ha, sorry
missing a ‘

<?php the_date(get_option(‘date_format'); ?>
- This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Benjamin Lu.
Michael
(@alchymyth)

5 years, 7 months ago

@benlumia007
also missing a closing bracket:

<?php the_date(get_option('date_format')); ?>

Benjamin Lu
(@benlumia007)

5 years, 7 months ago

yeah, my bad,

did that fix what you wanted.
Thread Starter 1db
(@1db)

5 years, 7 months ago
No, it didn’t. The month is still November, the year is still -0001.

Let me give a bit more info. Here is a larger snippet of that page:
```
<?php if (have_posts() ) : ?>
  
        <?php if (is_category() ) { ?>
          <h3 class="categoryHead"><?php single_cat_title(); ?></h3>
        <?php } elseif (is_month() ) { ?>
          <h3 class="categoryHead"><span>Browsing posts from</span> <?php the_time('F, Y'); ?></h3>
        <?php } ?>
    
        <?php while (have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
        
          <div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
            <div class="meta">
              <p><?php the_time('F j, Y') ?> | Posted in <span><?php the_category(', ') ?></p>
            </div>
```
Notice that the_time is used twice. One works (the one in div.meta), and one does not. They’re both inside the loop. What gives?
- This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by 1db.
Michael
(@alchymyth)

5 years, 7 months ago

the not working one is outside the loop;
(the loop actually starts with ‘while’ and ‘the_time()’ needs ‘the_post()’ to be setup properly)

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_time
Thread Starter 1db
(@1db)

5 years, 7 months ago
If I simply move <?php while (have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> above the category/month if statements, then the headline will print above each post in the archive list. How is it possible to make this work?

Edit: use rewind_posts. Thanks, Michael, I’ve got it working now.
- This reply was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by 1db.