Title: Draft date changes when published
Last modified: August 8, 2024

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# Draft date changes when published

 *  Resolved [travor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/travor/)
 * (@travor)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/draft-date-changes-when-published/)
 * I’m testing the free version. I run the import and set **Post Date** to **[#item_date]**–
   the posts are imported with the correct date from the original post, as a Draft.
 * I go to Posts > All Posts > Drafts > Quick Edit > and confirm the date is still
   from the original post. I change the Status to Published and the post date and
   time are changed to the _current_ date and time.
 * Is there a way to **retain** the post’s original date and time when going from
   Draft to Published?

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 *  [mara3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mara3/)
 * (@mara3)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/draft-date-changes-when-published/#post-17943043)
 * Hi [@travor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/travor/),
 * Thank you for reaching out to us and for using Feedzy!
 * Unfortunately for the moment there is no way to retain the original date. However,
   we’ve passed this behaviour along to our development team, and they will be reviewing
   it. We’ll be sure to keep you updated as soon as we have more information, until
   then you can check the progress [here](https://github.com/Codeinwp/feedzy-rss-feeds/issues/916).
   
   Kind regards,Mara
 *  Thread Starter [travor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/travor/)
 * (@travor)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/draft-date-changes-when-published/#post-17943347)
 * Thank you [@mara3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mara3/)
 * The workaround is this (at least for me):
    - Click Posts > All Posts > Drafts [or wherever status you gave to Feedzy]
    - Edit Post
    - In post Settings side bar, click Status > Draft > Published
    - Click Publish > Immediately > a date and time calendar box appears
    - I have to change the time _from_ AM _to_ PM _and then back to_ AM for the 
      time to be registered correctly
    - Close time/date box > press blue Publish button to publish the post
 * It only takes a few seconds and my posts retain the correct date. It works, at
   least for now.
 *  [mara3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mara3/)
 * (@mara3)
 * [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/draft-date-changes-when-published/#post-17946712)
 * Hi [@travor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/travor/),
 * Thank you for sharing your workaround! We’re glad you found a solution that works
   for you.
 * Best regards,
 * Mara

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 * Last reply from: [mara3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mara3/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/draft-date-changes-when-published/#post-17946712)
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