# ActivityPub posts should render dates properly

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-posts-should-render-dates-properly/366279
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** activitypub, fixed
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-posts-should-render-dates-properly/366279 "2025-05-15T13:40:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![mark.reeves](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mark.reeves/32/276029_2.png) [@mark.reeves](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mark.reeves)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-posts-should-render-dates-properly/366279/1 "2025-05-15T13:40:33Z")

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Ideally all Discourse tags would be handled gracefully (rendered or omitted), but we should make sure that dates are output directly:

 ![IMG_3454](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/8/3/b83e23777228bda73c135d8e6e2a5152dcc4e16a.jpeg)

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Onebox renders the date nicely:

> [@Webinar: Growing and Retaining Your Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webinar-growing-and-retaining-your-community/366245/1):
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> On, 2025-05-20T17:00:00Z (UTC) we explored why people join and stay in communities! Watch the Replay [[Why people join and stay in communities] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3oNIrhmUC8)Key Takeaways What is participation, anyway? Key Motivators for Community Participation Getting help or solving a problem/practical need. Connecting with lik…

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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-posts-should-render-dates-properly/366279/2 "2025-05-19T15:35:55Z")

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Thanks! This will address that.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-activity-pub/pull/218](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-activity-pub/pull/218)

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-posts-should-render-dates-properly/366279/3 "2025-05-22T01:02:46Z")

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