Filters the date a post was published for display.

$the_date string

The formatted date string.

$format string

PHP date format.

$before string

HTML output before the date.

$after string

HTML output after the date.

File: wp-includes/general-template.php. View all references

$the_date = apply_filters( 'the_date', $the_date, $format, $before, $after );