Hi everyone,
Thanks for using the Yoast SEO plugin on your websites.
First, I would like to clarify that the even if the “Date and seperator” shows within the meta descripton field from the latest version 22.7, the same date won’t be added to your meta description within the source code. You can confirm this by checking the source code.
The reason why we have added “Date -” to the meta description field is to help our users to understand that Google may include a date on pages. That allows you to tailor your meta descriptions and results better and avoid getting ‘cut off’ when a date is shown for your page. Moroever, this will also help our users to get a clear idea on the meta description length assessment as we add the character count of the date and the separator in our analysis. You can also read more on our KB article: Date appears in search results and How to create the right meta description.
That being said, even though you are currently seeing the date on the snippet preview and meta description field, it doesn’t mean that Google will always show the date on the search results. So it is best for everyone to see the date on the snippet preview and meta description field so you can optimize the meta description without any getting ‘cut off’.
Thanks for the clarification @josevarghese, it wasn’t obvious that this is just a ‘cosmetic’ and not actually a part of the published meta description. Upon checking the source code, I can confirm that the date and the dash aren’t included.
I have no problem with this then.
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