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How to return the most recent channel entry/comment date?

To be honest I'm not expecting an answer to this question. While it sounds simple, I think it's probably quite involved.

For a given channel I want to return one date/time - it will be either the latest channel entry date or the most recent comment date, whichever is the most recent date/time.

Cheers Lee

Solution

  • You can use the Statistics Module (as John said) but the following code will output either the comment or entry data like you requested:

    {exp:stats}
  {if last_comment_date > last_entry_date}
    {!-- Comment is more recent --}
    {last_comment_date format="..."}
  {if:else}
    {!-- Entry is more recent --}
    {last_entry_date format="..."}
  {/if}
{/exp:stats}