[Resolved] display current date in View or CRED form

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[eliseD-2]

This seems like such a simple thing, but I can't figure out how to do it. I am attempting to create a shortcode by myself for the first time, and I am failing horribly.

All I am trying to do is to display the CURRENT date in a view in the format such as:

January 1, 2017

When I use this shortcode:

add_shortcode('wpv-post-today', 'today_shortcode');
function today_shortcode() {
return time();
}

It displays the current date as a timestamp (I think).

So I tried this:

add_shortcode('wpv-post-today', 'today_shortcode');
function today_shortcode() {
return ( string $format [, int $timestamp = time() ] );{
$format = l, F j, Y;
}
}

But clearly I have the syntax wrong because it throws an error.

Ideas?

Thanks!

Elise

[Luo Yang]

Dear Elise,

I assume you are going to use PHP date() function to display current date, please try to modify your PHP codes as this:

add_shortcode('wpv-post-today', 'today_shortcode');
function today_shortcode() {
return date( 'l, F j, Y', current_time( 'timestamp' ));
}

And test again.

More help:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/current_time
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[eliseD-2]

That worked perfectly - thanks so much!

Elise