# Update date for a blog post

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/update-date-for-a-blog-post/8041>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [August 20, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/update-date-for-a-blog-post/8041 "2017-08-20T09:19:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![budparr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/budparr/32/749_2.png) [@budparr](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/budparr)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/update-date-for-a-blog-post/8041/2 "2017-08-20T12:49:22Z")

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You might find what you’re looking for in the docs. There are several date-based variables for you to choose from: [https://gohugo.io/variables/page/#page-variables](https://gohugo.io/variables/page/#page-variables)

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