diff --git a/posts.go b/posts.go
index 88730f7..e0d7f2e 100644
--- a/posts.go
+++ b/posts.go
@@ -1380,12 +1380,14 @@ Are you sure it was ever here?`,
 			IsFound        bool
 			IsAdmin        bool
 			CanInvite      bool
+			ShowDates      bool
 		}{
 			PublicPost:     p,
 			StaticPage:     pageForReq(app, r),
 			IsOwner:        cr.isCollOwner,
 			IsCustomDomain: cr.isCustomDomain,
 			IsFound:        postFound,
+			ShowDates:      c.NewFormat().ShowDates(),
 		}
 		tp.IsAdmin = u != nil && u.IsAdmin()
 		tp.CanInvite = canUserInvite(app.cfg, tp.IsAdmin)
diff --git a/templates/chorus-collection-post.tmpl b/templates/chorus-collection-post.tmpl
index bab2e31..cda4292 100644
--- a/templates/chorus-collection-post.tmpl
+++ b/templates/chorus-collection-post.tmpl
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ body footer {
 body#post header {
 	padding: 1em 1rem;
 }
-article time.dt-published {
+article time.dt {
 	display: block;
+}
+article time.dt.published {
 	color: #666;
+	margin-bottom: 1em;
 }
 body#post article h2#title{
 	margin-bottom: 0.5em;
-}
-article time.dt-published {
-	margin-bottom: 1em;
 }
 	</style>
 
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ article time.dt-published {
 
 		{{template "user-navigation" .}}
 		
-		<article id="post-body" class="{{.Font}} h-entry">{{if .IsScheduled}}<p class="badge">Scheduled</p>{{end}}{{if .Title.String}}<h2 id="title" class="p-name">{{.FormattedDisplayTitle}}</h2>{{end}}{{/* TODO: check format: if .Collection.Format.ShowDates*/}}<time class="dt-published" datetime="{{.Created}}" pubdate itemprop="datePublished" content="{{.Created}}">{{.DisplayDate}}</time><div class="e-content">{{.HTMLContent}}</div></article>
+		<article id="post-body" class="{{.Font}} h-entry">
+		{{if .IsScheduled}}<p class="badge">Scheduled</p>{{end}}
+		{{if .Title.String}}<h2 id="title" class="p-name">{{.FormattedDisplayTitle}}</h2>{{end}}
+		{{if .ShowDates}}<time class="dt{{if .Title.String}} published{{end}}" datetime="{{.Created}}" pubdate itemprop="datePublished" content="{{.Created}}">{{.DisplayDate}}</time>{{end}}
+		<div class="e-content">{{.HTMLContent}}</div></article>
 
 		{{ if .Collection.ShowFooterBranding }}
 		<footer dir="ltr">
diff --git a/templates/collection-post.tmpl b/templates/collection-post.tmpl
index 7075226..24fc806 100644
--- a/templates/collection-post.tmpl
+++ b/templates/collection-post.tmpl
@@ -32,7 +32,22 @@
 		<meta property="article:published_time" content="{{.Created8601}}">
 		{{ end }}
 		{{if .Collection.StyleSheet}}<style type="text/css">{{.Collection.StyleSheetDisplay}}</style>{{end}}
-
+		{{/*below css duplicated in part in chorus-collection-post.tmpl*/}}
+	<style type="text/css">
+body#post header {
+	padding: 1em 1rem;
+}
+article time.dt {
+	display: block;
+}
+article time.dt.published {
+	color: #666;
+	margin-bottom: 1em;
+}
+body#post article h2#title{
+	margin-bottom: 0.5em;
+}
+	</style>
 		{{if .Collection.RenderMathJax}}
 		  <!-- Add mathjax logic -->
   		  {{template "mathjax" . }}
@@ -59,7 +74,12 @@
 			</nav>
 		</header>
 		
-		<article id="post-body" class="{{.Font}} h-entry {{if not .IsFound}}error-page{{end}}">{{if .IsScheduled}}<p class="badge">Scheduled</p>{{end}}{{if .Title.String}}<h2 id="title" class="p-name">{{.FormattedDisplayTitle}}</h2>{{end}}<div class="e-content">{{.HTMLContent}}</div></article>
+		<article id="post-body" class="{{.Font}} h-entry {{if not .IsFound}}error-page{{end}}">
+		{{if .IsScheduled}}<p class="badge">Scheduled</p>{{end}}
+		{{if .Title.String}}<h2 id="title" class="p-name">{{.FormattedDisplayTitle}}</h2>{{end}}
+		{{if .ShowDates}}<time class="dt{{if .Title.String}} published{{end}}" datetime="{{.Created}}" pubdate itemprop="datePublished" content="{{.Created}}">{{.DisplayDate}}</time>{{end}}
+		<div class="e-content">{{.HTMLContent}}</div>
+		</article>
 
 		{{ if .Collection.ShowFooterBranding }}
 		<footer dir="ltr"><hr><nav><p style="font-size: 0.9em">{{localhtml "published with write.as" .Language.String}}</p></nav></footer>