{source}<?php
// FIRSTLY CHECK THAT THE PAGE THE MODULE APPEARS ON IS AN ARTICLE
$nameofcomponent = JRequest::getVar('option');
$viewofcomponent = JRequest::getVar('view');

if ($nameofcomponent=="com_content" && $viewofcomponent=="article" ) {

// IT IS AN ARTICLE, SO GET THE ID OF THE ARTICLE
$idofarticle = JRequest::getInt('id');

// LOAD THE MODEL OF COM_CONTENT
$model = JModelLegacy::getInstance('Article', 'ContentModel');
// USE THE GETITEM FUNCTION OF THE MODEL TO RETURN THE DETAILS
$article = $model->getItem($idofarticle);


// FORMAT AND PRINT THE DATE TO THE SCREEN
$date = new JDate($article->created);
echo $date->format('j M Y');

};
?>{/source}