Show exact date of post? (not freshness)

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Show exact date of post? (not freshness)

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Started 1 year ago by maker
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maker
Member

I like the 'freshness' and all but how do I show the exact date of a post? Preferably at the bottom of the actual post (where currently a repeat of the freshness is)

Posted 1 year ago #
fel64
Member
I suspect that this will work. Replace get_post_time() or whatever it is with
```
global $post;
echo $post->post_time;
```
(Remember to have the <?php ... ?> tags around it!) If you want different formatting on that, I think that $post->post_time is a bit too much detail so you could instead have
```
global $post;
$lalaposttime = date( 'D M Y', strtotime( $post->post_id ) );
echo $lalaposttime;
```
You can change the way the date will appear by changing the first parameter (currently it's 'D M Y') of the date() function. A list of how you can format dates is here.
Posted 1 year ago #
maker
Member

Thanks fel64,

So I paste that in post.php?

around this stuff?

<?php printf( __('Posted %s ago'), bb_get_post_time() ); ?>

Posted 1 year ago #
fel64
Member
Paste in
```
<?php global $post;
$lalaposttime = date( 'D M Y', strtotime( $post->post_id ) );
echo $lalaposttime; ?>
```
anywhere you like outside other <?php ... ?> tags. So you could put it next to the code snippet you quoted. If you use Notepad 2 or something it makes it a lot easier by colour-coding these things.

The fact that it's spread out over several lines doesn't make a difference when it's inside the <?php ... ?> tags. :)
Posted 1 year ago #
maker
Member

Hi Fel64,

Thanks for your help.

I get "THU JAN 1970" now. (I'd prefer the exact date)

Like here: http://www.mpm.org.au/topic/7?replies=1

Posted 1 year ago #
fel64
Member

Replace D M Y with a date-formatted string of your choice. It's quite an interesting but simple system. Each letter stands for a different type of date or time. So D is replaced by first three letters of the weekdate, M by first three of the month etc.

This reference will tell you what letters to use to see what date outputs you get. Roll your own date format. :)

Posted 1 year ago #
maker
Member

I have a problem with this displaying the incorrect date. Do I need to set anything to get the correct date?

Posted 1 year ago #
fel64
Member

What does it show? Something completely crazy or something slightly wrong?

You can set your timezone in config.php, just change $bb->gmt_offset to whatever you want.

Posted 1 year ago #
maker
Member

It shows "Thu, 01 Jan 1970" for every post.

Posted 1 year ago #
fel64
Member
I see. Sorry, I thought that was just an example for the format.
How's this instead?
```
<?php global $post;
$lalaposttime = date( 'D M Y', strtotime( $post->post_time ) );
echo $lalaposttime; ?>
```
Posted 1 year ago #
maker
Member

Sorry, but no change.

Posted 1 year ago #

Okay, I promise in future I'll be all mature and responsible and test these things first. Sorry for the inconvenience. This works on my forum now; just copy and paste this into a new plugin file. Then put <?php aposttime(); ?> for default time output, or <?php aposttime( 'DATE FORMAT' ); ?> for your own time formatting.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Accurate Post Time
Plugin URI:
Description: Outputs an accurate post time in, optionally, your choice of formatting. Use <?php aposttime( 'DATE FORMAT' ); ?> in your template, <a href="http://uk3.php.net/date">date formatted according to PHP standards.</a>
Author: fel64
Version: Phi
Author URI: http://www.loinhead.net/
*/

function aposttime ( $dtformat = "jS F 'y" ) {
	global $bb_post;
	$aposttime = date( $dtformat, strtotime( $bb_post->post_time ) );
	echo $aposttime;
}
?>

Posted 1 year ago #

maker
Member

Thank you fel64!

I owe you a wealth of sundays!

Posted 1 year ago #
schmitt
Member

So many unarchived plugins that are so nice...

Posted 10 months ago #
_ck_
Moderator

See my post in this thread for a similar way to handle this by allowing both freshness and exact time in a title attribute:

http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-do-you-change-the-freshness-of-post-date-format

Posted 10 months ago #
schmitt
Member

I can't seem to get this to use the time offset in config.php. It displays the post time in GMT, all the time. I have this in my config.php.

$bb->gmt_offset = -5;

Changing the value has no effect on the displayed time.

Posted 9 months ago #
itissue
Member

I tried changing the date format using fel64's wonderful plugin. It works great except the time is inaccurate. I have the timezone displayed. It shows the eastern time zone apparently. The problem is, the time displayed is obviously off by a lot. It says I posted something at 3:22 PM EST when in reality I posted it at 9:30 AM central time, which is 10:30 AM eastern time. Does anyone have an explanation for this? To see what I mean, go to http://tapestry.endless-sonata.net . Hover over the freshness to see the exact time.

Edit: The timezone is supposed to be GMT, but apparently it's displayed as EST. Strange. Is there a way to display the time zone selected by the user or hardcoded on config.php?

Posted 9 months ago #
csseur3
Member

Hi fel64, how to adapt your plugin for integrate the ck's plugin "forum last poster": http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/123 and show the exact date with the two plugins?

thanks

Posted 3 months ago #
fel64
Member

Hack her plugin to use a custom time-displaying function instead of the bbPress ones. I've set up a ticket asking for it to be simple to do what you want but I don't believe it's that easy right now.

Posted 3 months ago #

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