# Editing post date?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-date/19506>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [September 1, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-date/19506 "2014-09-01T15:36:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brentnauer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/brentnauer/32/114845_2.png) [@Brentnauer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brentnauer)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-post-date/19506/6 "2014-09-01T22:23:27Z")

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Awesome! This seems to have worked, but I’m unclear on what I’m supposed to do or how to safely exit once I’ve altered the date/time.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/5/75e3946c2dd6b227c2dc57b93f0e0f29d0e32d57.png) 

Looking at my test install, the date for that post hasn’t changed… I’m sure I’m missing something? Thanks for your help!

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