diff --git a/packages/starlight-ghostcms/src/components/Metadata.astro b/packages/starlight-ghostcms/src/components/Metadata.astro
index 792ca8f4..f3de8cba 100644
--- a/packages/starlight-ghostcms/src/components/Metadata.astro
+++ b/packages/starlight-ghostcms/src/components/Metadata.astro
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
---
-
import type { Post } from '../schemas/posts'
import Author from './Author.astro'
@@ -10,12 +9,25 @@ interface Props {
const { entry } = Astro.props
const { authors, published_at, created_at } = entry
+const dateC = new Date(published_at?published_at:created_at)
+const dateISO = dateC.toISOString()
+const dateLocal = dateC
+ .toLocaleDateString(
+ "en-US", {
+ year: 'numeric',
+ month: 'long',
+ day: 'numeric',
+ hour: '2-digit',
+ minute: '2-digit'
+ }
+ )
+
const hasAuthors = authors !== undefined
---
-