id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
20644	"Date in ""Incoming Links"" dashboard widget is never shown"	Latz	nacin	"The Dashboard widget ""Incoming Links"" has a checkbox ""Display item date?"". The date is never shown because there are two variables which are not used, never set, and therefore the date is never displayed (wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php, line 823):

{{{
if ( !empty($show_author) || !empty($show_summary) )
}}}

I can see no reason for these conditions. Removing them will produce the expected output.

"	defect (bug)	closed	normal	3.5	Administration	2.5	normal	fixed	has-patch