diff --git a/content-aside.php b/content-aside.php
index cc01a0d96..44cf9fbfa 100644
--- a/content-aside.php
+++ b/content-aside.php
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 
 	<footer class="entry-meta">
 		<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentytwelve' ), '<div class="edit-link">', '</div>' ); ?>
-		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentytwelve' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_date(); ?></a>
+		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentytwelve' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></a>
 	</footer><!-- .entry-meta -->
 </article><!-- #post -->
diff --git a/content-image.php b/content-image.php
index 5e78dea9c..17849c617 100644
--- a/content-image.php
+++ b/content-image.php
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 
 		<footer class="entry-meta">
 			<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentytwelve' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
-			<h2><?php the_date(); ?></h2>
+			<h2><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></h2>
 		</footer><!-- .entry-meta -->
 	</article><!-- #post -->
diff --git a/content-link.php b/content-link.php
index bba491116..b755a4da6 100644
--- a/content-link.php
+++ b/content-link.php
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 
 		<footer class="entry-meta">
 			<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentytwelve' ), '<div class="edit-link">', '</div>' ); ?>
-			<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentytwelve' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_date(); ?></a>
+			<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentytwelve' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></a>
 		</footer><!-- .entry-meta -->
 	</article><!-- #post -->
diff --git a/content-quote.php b/content-quote.php
index e104b00ec..7ab8510d2 100644
--- a/content-quote.php
+++ b/content-quote.php
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 
 	<footer class="entry-meta">
 		<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentytwelve' ), '<div class="edit-link">', '</div>' ); ?>
-		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentytwelve' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_date(); ?></a>
+		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentytwelve' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo get_the_date(); ?></a>
 	</footer><!-- .entry-meta -->
 </article><!-- #post -->