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

2556	 *2557	 * @param string $the_date The formatted date string.2558	 * @param string $format   PHP date format.2559	 * @param string $before   HTML output before the date.2560	 * @param string $after    HTML output after the date.2561	 */2562	$the_date = apply_filters( 'the_date', $the_date, $format, $before, $after );2563 2564	if ( $display ) {2565		echo $the_date;2566	} else {2567		return $the_date;2568	}