hugo/docs/content/en/methods/page/Date.md

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Date	Returns the date of the given page.			functions_and_methods returnType signatures time.Time PAGE.Date

Set the date in front matter:

{{< code-toggle file=content/news/article-1.md fm=true >}} title = 'Article 1' date = 2023-10-19T00:40:04-07:00 {{< /code-toggle >}}

[!note] The date field in front matter is often considered to be the creation date, You can change its meaning, and its effect on your site, in the site configuration. See details.

The date is a time.Time value. Format and localize the value with the time.Format function, or use it with any of the time methods.

{{ .Date | time.Format ":date_medium" }} → Oct 19, 2023

In the example above we explicitly set the date in front matter. With Hugo's default configuration, the Date method returns the front matter value. This behavior is configurable, allowing you to set fallback values if the date is not defined in front matter. See details.