Get date function not working

Question

I have a function to get the date. I have input fields and want the date in this fields. But my code is set a wrong date. I set the date in Wordpress settings and on my server. But it is not working. This is my script:

function get_agenda_item_day() {
    global $post; 

        $cp_date = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'cp_date_end', true); 
        $cp_date_arr = explode("-",$cp_date);
        $day = $cp_date_arr[2];

    return $day;
}

And i use this in my select tag:

<?php $day = get_the_time('j'); ?> 
<select name="ad" id="ad" onChange="getNDay()" class="select select-n">
                    <option <?php if($day == 1) {echo 'selected="selected"';} ?> value="1">1</option>
                    <option <?php if($day == 2) {echo 'selected="selected"';} ?> value="2">2</option>
                    <option <?php if($day == 3) {echo 'selected="selected"';} ?> value="3">3</option>
                    <option <?php if($day == 4) {echo 'selected="selected"';} ?> value="4">4</option>
etc etc etc
</select>

But, what do i wrong. Always the date is 17 juni in the select box. Because today the date is 5 Juli.

Thanks for help

Answer 1

You have to pass the second parameter $post to get_the_time('j'):

get_the_time( 'j', $post );

If you don’t WordPress will just use whatever the current global post object is.