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the_date

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Filters the date a post was published for display.

apply_filters( 'the_date', string $the_date, string $format, string $before, string $after )

$the_date: The formatted date string.
$format: PHP date format. Defaults to 'date_format' option if not specified.
$before: HTML output before the date.
$after: HTML output after the date.

Changelog
Version	Description
0.71	Introduced.