Using multiple dates in front matter

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So in the front matter of my blog posts, I want a user to be able to specify the date that a post is made and later be able to add an updated tag if the post gets updated later on:

…
date: 2018-05-09 17:54:00
updated: 2018-06-25 18:23:100
…

I’m able to format the date tag in the way I want but I can’t find a way to do the same with the “updated” tag:

{{ .Date.Format “2006-01-02T15:04:00Z” | safeHTML }}
{{ .Params.updated.Format “2006-01-02T15:04:00Z” | safeHTML }}

Is there an easy way to do this?

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.Format works on the .PublishDate, .Date, and .Lastmod page variables. You are looking for dateFormat. Also, there are lots of threads about date format.

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Excellent, I’ve read the .Format documentation many times but didn’t even think about using lastmod. Thanks!

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I recommend sticking with the built-in standard dates in Hugo: date, lastmod, publishdate, expirydate. They have meaning.

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