Function to filter the_time

I am working on implementing the xili-language plugin within the iA3 template.

This filter:

/** * in twentyten theme: display the date of current post */
function xiliml_get_translated_date($thedate, $format = '') {
	$theformat = (''== $format) ? get_option('date_format') : $format ;
	return the_xili_wp_local_time($theformat,strtotime(xiliml_get_the_date('m/d/Y H:i')));
}
add_filter('get_the_date','xiliml_get_translated_date',10,2);

…that is part of the plugin, clearly targeting the twentyten theme, filters out my date; it just disapears!:

<time datetime="<?php the_time('c') ?>" pubdate="pubdate"><?php the_date() ?></time>

What can I do, beside stripping it out of the plugin, to correct the situation?

Thanks

Pat