Timestamp for pages

No, I don’t think it will ever be added.
Read about Pages – one of the distinctive features is this: they are not part of the chronological stream of the posts. Hence, no need for timestamp.

Yeah, I know; but with the nature of my site, I want to be able to make pages and have them show up (at a later time) without me having to BE there to do it manually.

Actually, forget the timestamp (since apparently it’s “not ganna happen” and all…)
Just put in a feature that allows pages to show up at a certain time.

Simple solution :
Create a plugin with :

<?php
function timestamp_pages()
{
?>
<fieldset id="posttimestampdiv" class="dbx-box">
<h3 class="dbx-handle"><?php _e('Post Timestamp'); ?></h3>
<div class="dbx-content"><?php touch_time(($action == 'edit')); ?></div>
</fieldset>
<?php
}
add_action('dbx_page_sidebar', 'timestamp_pages');
?>

That was simple, Thanks!

Forgive me for the newbie questions, but I have not found the answers elsewhere…

1.) How do you remove the timestamp for pages?
2.) How do you create a plug-in with Malaiac’s code? I have downloaded plug-ins, but never created one and do not know where to begin.

Thanks for breaking it down for a beginner!

1. um… pages don’t have timestamps. thats what the plugin is for.

2. copy what Malaiac provided into Notepad. Then in between “<?php” and “function timestamp_pages()” put something like this:

/*
Plugin Name: Page Timestamp
Plugin URI: *leave blank*
Description: Place a timestamp in pages.
Version: 1
Author: *your name*
Author URI: *leave blank*
*/

Save it as “page-timestamp.php” (or anything with “.php” at the end) and you’ve got the plugin. Upload and activate like normal, and test it out.

That was awesome, thanks Maliac. If anyone else needs a copy of the plugin, you can download it here.