pub_date returns 0 in chunk

I’m using Ditto to generate a listing of pages, nothing special.
Using the [+date+] placeholder in my chunk, I get a standard date and time format which is fine. I read you can format this with dateFormat.

But is date using the published date? When I use the [+pub_date+] placeholder it returns 0. If I use it in the content of the page it returns it fine.

Should I not worry and continue using [+date+]?
Thanks
Rich

You can select where the +date+ gets its data from with the &dateSource parameter.

By default it is looking at the createdon date.

BTW - pub_date is only set if you use the publish date tool. It is not set automatically on publishing (don’t ask me why, it boggles me). So you can have a published document with no publish date.

Quote from: dev_cw at Oct 21, 2008, 05:01 PM

BTW - pub_date is only set if you use the publish date tool. It is not set automatically on publishing (don’t ask me why, it boggles me). So you can have a published document with no publish date.

Because that field was originally intended to only store the date you want the document published on if it’s not already published.