WordPress reverie_entry_meta revised

gistfile1.php

function reverie_entry_meta() {
  
  $num_comments = get_comments_number();
  $tags=get_the_tag_list(' ', ', ');
	$output ='';
	$output .= '<div class="entry-meta"><p>';
	$output .= '<time class="updated" datetime="'. get_the_time('c') .'" pubdate>'. sprintf(__('%s'), get_the_time('jS F Y')) .'</time>, ';
// $output .= comments_number( 'No comments yet', '1 comment', '% comments' ); 
	if ( comments_open() ) {

	  if ( $num_comments == 0 ) {
	    $comments = __('No Comments');

	  } elseif ( $num_comments > 1 ) {
	    $comments = $num_comments . __(' Comments');

	  } else {
	    $comments = __('1 Comment');
	  }
	  if($num_comments > 0){

	  $output .= '<a href="' . get_comments_link() .'">'. $comments.'</a>';
	  }else{
	    $output .=  $comments;
	  }

	} else {
	  $output .= __('Comments are off for this post.');
	}

//	$output .= 'No comments yet';
	if($tags){
	$output .= ' <span class="tags">Tags: '.$tags. '</span>';
	} 
	$output .= '</p></div>';
	echo $output;
}