Adding the article date to the Article List page

Hi @Josh Thiessen,

you only need to add a helper after the article title, see in the below image how I did:

Code for the same:

<ul class="meta-group">
   {{#is created_at edited_at}}
      <li class="meta-data">{{date created_at timeago=true}}</li>
        {{else}}
      <li class="meta-data">{{date edited_at timeago=true}}</li>
      <li class="meta-data">{{t 'updated'}}</li>
        {{/is}}
</ul>

Output is:

You can use the date format via https://developer.zendesk.com/documentation/help_center/help-center-templates/helpers/#date-helper

I). Short -

{{date created_at timeago=true format='short'}}

II). Medium-

{{date created_at timeago=true format='medium'}}

III). Medium-

{{date created_at timeago=true format='long'}}

Thanks

Team

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Hi Ifra, That's fantastic. The code you provided works exactly how i was hoping initially. I did run into an issue when I tried to add the medium-sized time stamp (Picture included).

do you know what I've done wrong?

Is it also possible to add "updated XXX months ago" instead of just "updated"?

I was messing around a little, but all the changes i made either had it look like my screenshot or nothing at all.

Thank you so much for the help so far :)

Hey,  

You need to add the time format into the updated helper also, see the bold code-line, how I did-

<ul class="meta-group">
   {{#is created_at edited_at}}
      <li class="meta-data">{{date created_at timeago=true format='medium'}}</li>
        {{else}}
      <li class="meta-data">{{date edited_at timeago=true format='medium'}}</li>
      <li class="meta-data">{{t 'updated'}}</li>
        {{/is}}

The helper 

<li class="meta-data">{{date edited_at timeago=true format='medium'}}</li>

shows last date when you have updated the article.

See in the below screenshot, I have updated my article today 17 sep 2021.

and I was created this article on 19 dec 2016

I think you should also try this, if you have any old article, take a screenshot and then update that old article, then compare the date.

also you can add the text for created article, see the bold code-line:

        <ul class="meta-group">
   {{#is created_at edited_at}}
      <li class="meta-data">{{date created_at timeago=true format='medium'}}</li>
                 <li class="meta-data">{{t 'created'}}</li>
        {{else}}
      <li class="meta-data">{{date edited_at timeago=true format='medium'}}</li>
      <li class="meta-data">{{t 'updated'}}</li>
        {{/is}}
</ul>

Output:

If any confusion, let me know :)

Thanks

Ifra

Works Great. Thank you!

Great!