nightmares

gistfile1

<?php 
if ( ! function_exists( '_s_posted_on' ) ) :
/**
 * Prints HTML with meta information for the current post-date/time and author.
 */
function _s_posted_on() {
  $time_string = '<time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time>';
  if ( get_the_time( 'U' ) !== get_the_modified_time( 'U' ) ) {
    $time_string = '<time class="entry-date published" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time><time class="updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time>';
  }

  $time_string = sprintf( $time_string,
    esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
    esc_html( get_the_date() ),
    esc_attr( get_the_modified_date( 'c' ) ),
    esc_html( get_the_modified_date() )
  );

  $posted_on = sprintf(
    _x( 'Posted on %s', 'post date', '_s' ),
    '<a href="' . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . '" rel="bookmark">' . $time_string . '</a>'
  );

  $byline = sprintf(
    _x( 'by %s', 'post author', '_s' ),
    '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="' . esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ) ) . '">' . esc_html( get_the_author() ) . '</a></span>'
  );

  echo '<span class="posted-on">' . $posted_on . '</span><span class="byline"> ' . $byline . '</span>';

}
endif;