Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-7981828-20130603224114/@comment-1158325-20130604005411

Here's the information you'll need: '/api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=&inprop=created&format=json' var date = response.query.pages[mw.config.get('wgArticleId')].created; date = new Date(date).toString; You could use a formatting function other than toString or build the string you want to display with get functions on Date.
 * API call:
 * Getting the creation date:
 * Changing the date format: