Date not showing

I’ve set up a query for this template for a “story” custom post type.

Everything is rendering right, except that the date comes up as an empty field.

Help???

here’s the loop in question:

<?php 
    query_posts(array( 
        'post_type' => 'story',
        'showposts' => 10 
    ) );  
?>

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="story">
<h4 class="story-category"><?php the_category(); ?>
</h4>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title() ;?></a></h2>
<p class="post-date">DATE: <?php the_date(); ?></p>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>

<hr class="story-divider">
<?php endwhile; ?>

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