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Editing the date of a post

In general, the published date of new posts is set automatically by the weblog system to the current date and time.

Many weblog systems allow you to change the published date of a post. The results of doing so vary from system to system, and may have a different effect depending on whether you alter the date before or after it is first published. If you’re unsure about date support on your weblog system, check with the system documentation or experiment with a test post.

To change the date of an existing post on your weblog server, open the post with MarsEdit and choose Post > Edit Date…. When you send your edited post to the server, the date you choose will be set on the published post.

Future Posting

Some weblog systems, notably WordPress, include special support for posts with a future date. On these systems, a future date indicates that the post is scheduled for publication, and is not yet public. Check with your weblog system documentation to see if this behavior is supported.

For supported weblogs, just edit the date of a new post before sending to the weblog server. It will appear in your list of published posts, but will not be visible on the web until the specified date has arrived.