Twenty Twelve: Use the_time()/get_the_date() rather than the_date()

[obenland]

In the footer of post formats, a permalink is being displayed, using the_date() for the anchor text. The function will only output the date if the current post's date is different from the previous one output, though. This may leave a formatted post without a permalink.

[ocean90]

Does something speaks against echo get_the_date()?

[obenland]

Replying to ocean90:

Does something speaks against echo get_the_date()?

No, not at all! I like it even more.

[obenland]

Picks up Ocean90's suggestion

[lancewillett]

In [21670]:

Twenty Twelve: use get_the_date() rather than the_date() in content templates to ensure a date is always output and a post permalink is visible to site visitors. Props obenland and ocean90, fixes #21721.