How to show the real post date in a draft

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When looking at a draft post, get_the_date() only seems to return today’s date, not the post date, even if I have selected another date on the post edit screen.

Is there a way to show the “actual” post date, the one I selected?

I can see in the MySQL database that it’s saved in the post_date column. But, like get_the_date, $post->post_date doesn’t return it. If the post is a draft, it shows the current date and time.

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Yes, as you – so far – have no publish date.

You could use $post->post_modified, which will always be the date of the latest modification to the post data.

Debug:

Try hooking into the filter and dump both vars: 

function date_dump_callback( $date, $d )
{
    echo '<pre>'; print_r( $date ); print_r( $d ); echo '</pre>';
    return $date;
}
add_filter( 'get_the_date', 'date_dump_callback', 20, 2 );

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