I am just starting a blog and have seen quite a few people display a calendar icon that has the date of the post. How can one integrate that into my posts?

I am this is clear if not ask questions and will give answers if I know how.

Thank you for any help.

I know what you mean and there's probably a plugin for that http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

Sorry I brought this back up, but I have not found a solution until now.

I have found what I want to use, but it's code and not a plugin and I am having some issues in trying to get it setup.

I have put the css in the css inserts location, the code is (for reference):

.the_date {
display:block;
text-align: center;
float:left;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background: url(/images/dateicons/dateicon.) no-repeat;
width:60px;
}

.date_m {
display:block;
font-size: .9em;
margin:0;
padding:0;
font-weight: bold;
text-align:center;
}

.date_d {
display:block;
font-size:1.4em;
margin:0;
padding:0.7em 0 1.3em 0;
text-align: center;
}

After that's entered, you're supposed to add the following to the main template page before the line <a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>:

<div class=”the_date”>
<div class=”date_m”><?php the_time(’F') ?></div>
<div class=”date_d”><?php the_time(’jS’) ?></div>
</div>

Either I must be blind or this spot is either in a different file or coded a different way.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

what version of Atahualpa?

Just updated to the 3.4.2 version 3 days ago.

you could put it in ATO->Edit POST/PAGE INFO ITEMS->FOOTER:
it will show the date if you put it there.