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How To Show Post Date and Last Modified Date

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Are you looking for a way to show the post date and the last modified date? This is a simple little snippet that will display the last modified date with your post along with the original post date, long as the two dates are not the same.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this snippet inside The Loop.

Posted on <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?>
<?php 
          $u_time = get_the_time('U');
          $u_modified_time = get_the_modified_time('U');

      if ($u_modified_time != $u_time) {
                echo "and last modified on ";
                the_modified_time('F jS, Y');
                echo ". "; 
          } 
?>

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