Adding post date will not insert new post

Question

$postdate = '2010-02-23 18:57:33';   
$postData = array(
   'post_title' => $attachment->post_title,
   'post_type' => 'post',
   'post_content' => $image_tag . $attachment->post_title,
   'post_category' => array('0'),
   'post_status' => 'publish',
   'post_date' => $postdate
);
$post_id = wp_insert_post($postData);

After adding post_date, new post is not creating anymore

Answer 1

Your code is correct. I have tested it and it works. I think what you are missing, and what I have missed while testing (banged my head against the wall for this mistake) is the fact that these posts do not show up at the top of your post list.

Remember, by default, that posts are sorted and ordered according to post date, the newest posts showing up first, the oldest post last. These new posts are not new posts, but counts as old posts according to their post date. So, with this in mind, you will need to go through your post list and look for these posts.

If you need to test if a post is inserted, dump $post_id. This should return a post ID

$postdate = '2014-02-23 18:57:33';   
$postData = array(
    'post_title' => $attachment->post_title,
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'post_content' => $image_tag . $attachment->post_title,
    'post_category' => array('0'),
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'post_date' => $postdate
);
$post_id = wp_insert_post($postData);
?><pre><?php var_dump($post_id); ?></pre><?php