Mission News date fix

date-fix.php

function ct_mission_news_post_byline( $author, $date, $categories ) {

		if ( $author == 'no' && $date == 'no' && $categories == 'no' ) {
			return;
		}
		if ( empty($author) ) {
			$author = 'yes';
		}
		if ( empty($date) ) {
			$date = 'yes';
		}
		$post_author = get_the_author();
		// add compatibility when used in header before loop
		if ( empty( $post_author ) ) {
			global $post;
			$post_author = get_the_author_meta( 'display_name', $post->post_author );
		}
		$post_date = date_i18n( get_option( 'date_format' ), strtotime( get_the_date('c') ) );

		echo '<div class="post-byline">';
		if ( $author == 'no' ) {
			echo esc_html( $post_date );
		} elseif ( $date == 'no' ) {
			// translators: %s = the author who published the post
			printf( esc_html_x( 'By %s', 'This blog post was published by some author', 'mission-news' ), esc_html( $post_author ) );
		} else {
			// translators: %1$s = the author who published the post. %2$s = the date it was published
			printf( esc_html_x( 'By %1$s on %2$s', 'This blog post was published by some author on some date ', 'mission-news' ), esc_html( $post_author ), esc_html( $post_date ) );
		}
		// Add optional post category
		if ( $categories == 'yes' ) {
			if ( $author == 'yes' || $date == 'yes' ) {
				echo ' | ';
			}
			ct_mission_news_byline_categories();
		}
		echo '</div>';
	}