title: Formatting get_the_date items within Wordpress
body: <p>I know I can change the color and size of the date within a single entry page via css that's already in place but how can I format the individual items within the get_the_date call?</p>
  <p>Right now if I use <code>('j M. Y')</code> I will get &quot;26 Nov. 2014&quot; on one line. I want to be able to have this display as:</p>
  <h1>26<br></h1>
  <h2>Nov. 2014</h2>
  <p>As you can see, the date is on a line by itself and is larger than the Mon. Year line.</p>
  <p>The page that I am editing is template_tags.php and the line that I am editing is</p>
  <pre><code>esc_html( get_the_date('j M. Y') )
  </code></pre>
  <p>Any help is appreciated.</p>