Docs: Improve documentation for `the_date()` and `the_weekday_date()`.

Correct type for `$currentday` and `$previousday` globals.

See #47354, #47110.
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wp-includes/class-wp-query.php

@@ -4169,15 +4169,15 @@ class WP_Query {
 	 * @since 4.1.0
 	 * @since 4.4.0 Added the ability to pass a post ID to `$post`.
 	 *
-	 * @global int             $id
-	 * @global WP_User         $authordata
-	 * @global string|int|bool $currentday
-	 * @global string|int|bool $currentmonth
-	 * @global int             $page
-	 * @global array           $pages
-	 * @global int             $multipage
-	 * @global int             $more
-	 * @global int             $numpages
+	 * @global int     $id
+	 * @global WP_User $authordata
+	 * @global string  $currentday
+	 * @global string  $currentmonth
+	 * @global int     $page
+	 * @global array   $pages
+	 * @global int     $multipage
+	 * @global int     $more
+	 * @global int     $numpages
 	 *
 	 * @param WP_Post|object|int $post WP_Post instance or Post ID/object.
 	 * @return true True when finished.

wp-includes/general-template.php

@@ -2328,8 +2328,8 @@ function the_date_xml() {
  *
  * @since 0.71
  *
- * @global string|int|bool $currentday
- * @global string|int|bool $previousday
+ * @global string $currentday  The day of the current post in the loop.
+ * @global string $previousday The day of the previous post in the loop.
  *
  * @param string $d      Optional. PHP date format defaults to the date_format option if not specified.
  * @param string $before Optional. Output before the date.
@@ -2675,10 +2675,11 @@ function get_post_modified_time( $d = 'U', $gmt = false, $post = null, $translat
  *
  * @since 0.71
  *
- * @global WP_Locale $wp_locale
+ * @global WP_Locale $wp_locale The WordPress date and time locale object.
  */
 function the_weekday() {
 	global $wp_locale;
+
 	$the_weekday = $wp_locale->get_weekday( mysql2date( 'w', get_post()->post_date, false ) );
 
 	/**
@@ -2699,12 +2700,12 @@ function the_weekday() {
  *
  * @since 0.71
  *
- * @global WP_Locale       $wp_locale
- * @global string|int|bool $currentday
- * @global string|int|bool $previousweekday
+ * @global WP_Locale $wp_locale       The WordPress date and time locale object.
+ * @global string    $currentday      The day of the current post in the loop.
+ * @global string    $previousweekday The day of the previous post in the loop.
  *
- * @param string $before Optional Output before the date.
- * @param string $after Optional Output after the date.
+ * @param string $before Optional. Output before the date.
+ * @param string $after  Optional. Output after the date.
  */
 function the_weekday_date( $before = '', $after = '' ) {
 	global $wp_locale, $currentday, $previousweekday;
@@ -2721,7 +2722,7 @@ function the_weekday_date( $before = '', $after = '' ) {
 	 *
 	 * @since 0.71
 	 *
-	 * @param string $the_weekday_date
+	 * @param string $the_weekday_date The weekday on which the post was written.
 	 * @param string $before           The HTML to output before the date.
 	 * @param string $after            The HTML to output after the date.
 	 */

wp-includes/version.php

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.3-alpha-45376';
+$wp_version = '5.3-alpha-45377';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.