How do I format the post date in Wordpress?

Question

I have a sidebar where I want to show the most recent posts. Right now it shows the title, date, and an excerpt. The date shows the time which I want to get rid of. I show the d

Answer 1

Whilst Syfaro's answer is correct, best practice is to use WordPress's own function for this.

get_the_date

This defaults to the format set in the WordPress admin settings (Settings -> General), so gives a more accessible solution for future editing - particularly useful if you roll your code in multiple sites, or more importantly if you release it publicly.

Also, don't forget to escape output - check out esc_html and esc_html_e