Question: when should date be used versus modified_date?

[stuartmaxwell]

• date is very important for determining whether a post is published, i.e. a post with a date in the future will not be visible.
• As of today, the date field is used to construct the URL using the POST_PREFIX settings, e.g. /2024/11/28/my-blog-post
• As of today, we're not really using the modified_date for anything useful.

The modified_date uses Django's auto_now=True setting in the model to update each time the blog post is updated, but what should we use it for? Some ideas...

• build the URL off the modified_date instead? I don't know of any other blogging system that does this. It would break the previous URL and would result in unexpected behaviour. Not a good idea. 👎
• Used in the sitemap? Currently building this out now, so will update soon. ⏰
• We don't have a template tag for it, but could be useful to show the modified date so that visitors know that it has been updated since original publishing. 👍
• Although the template tag should have some logic so that if the modified date is within a certain timespan from the published date, it shows nothing. 🤔
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