From 19d79818247058dbe07cf85bf158f5c01254e100 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: anarcat Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:26:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] clarify what date fields do, following [[bugs/invalid_meta_date_or_updated_not_diagnosed]] --- doc/ikiwiki/directive/meta.mdwn | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/meta.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/meta.mdwn index 3df176c48..89a32946a 100644 --- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/meta.mdwn +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/meta.mdwn @@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ a quote in the text by writing `"` and so on. * date - Specifies the creation date of the page. The date can be entered in - nearly any format, since it's parsed by [[!cpan TimeDate]]. + Specifies the creation date of the page. This creates a + `` header in the HTML output, but also + modifies the internal `ctime` in the [[internal index|tips/inside_dot_ikiwiki/]]. + The date can be entered in nearly any format, since it's parsed by + [[!cpan TimeDate]] but invalid dates yield an error in 3.20180321 + or later. * stylesheet @@ -193,7 +197,8 @@ a quote in the text by writing `"` and so on. modification time, like Planet: for instance, when editing an old blog post to add tags, you could set `updated` to be one second later than the original value. The date/time can be given in any format that - [[!cpan TimeDate]] can understand, just like the `date` field. + [[!cpan TimeDate]] can understand, just like the `date` field and maps to the + `` HTML header and internal `mtime` field. * foaf -- 2.39.5