Date

A day: `2026-10-06`, produced by `date_picker` — the [Datetime](datetime.md) family's day-sized method, and the one a calendar site lives on.

Declaring one

Label	Publish date
Key	publish_date
Data type	date
Editor	date_picker

An example

<time datetime="<%= cms.asset.content.publish_date %>">
  <%= new Date(cms.asset.content.publish_date + 'T00:00')
        .toLocaleDateString('en-US', { dateStyle: 'long' }) %>
</time>

The + 'T00:00' is deliberate: a bare date handed to new Date() is parsed as UTC midnight, which prints as the previous evening west of Greenwich. Anchoring it to local midnight keeps the printed day the stored day — the one genuine trap in an otherwise plain field.

When another method fits better

• The hour is content — date & time.
• It recurs daily — time.