diff --git a/md_pdf/assets/templates/cover-template.html b/md_pdf/assets/templates/cover-template.html
index 53f95a4..cac7519 100644
--- a/md_pdf/assets/templates/cover-template.html
+++ b/md_pdf/assets/templates/cover-template.html
@@ -16,5 +16,9 @@
     {% if turnitin_number %}
       <h4>TurnItIn Number: {{ turnitin_number }}</h4>
     {% endif %}
+
+    {% if submission_date %}
+      <h4>Submission Date: {{ submission_date }}</h4>
+    {% endif %}
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/md_pdf/assets/templates/header-template.html b/md_pdf/assets/templates/header-template.html
index 3f8c9a8..24b1048 100644
--- a/md_pdf/assets/templates/header-template.html
+++ b/md_pdf/assets/templates/header-template.html
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
       <tr>
         <td></td>
         <td></td>
-        <td></td>
+        <td>
+          {% if submission_date %}
+            Date: {{ submission_date }}
+          {% endif %}
+        </td>
       </tr>
     </table>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="../static/context.js"></script>
diff --git a/md_pdf/build/context.py b/md_pdf/build/context.py
index 8978051..28be8b4 100644
--- a/md_pdf/build/context.py
+++ b/md_pdf/build/context.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-from md_pdf.consts import TEMPLATES_DIR, STATIC_DIR
+from md_pdf.consts import TEMPLATES_DIR, STATIC_DIR, DATE_FORMAT, TIME_FORMAT, DATETIME_FORMAT
 from word_count import word_count
 from md_pdf.utils import get_plain_text
-from datetime import datetime
+from dateutil import parser
+import datetime
 
 
 EXTRA_CONTEXT = {
     'templates_dir': TEMPLATES_DIR,
     'static_dir': STATIC_DIR,
-    'date': datetime.now()
+    'date': datetime.datetime.now().strftime(DATE_FORMAT),
+    'time': datetime.datetime.now().strftime(TIME_FORMAT),
+    'datetime': datetime.datetime.now().strftime(DATETIME_FORMAT)
 }
 
 
@@ -25,4 +28,10 @@ def get_context(config, content):
     )
     if config.get('show_word_count'):
         context['word_count'] = word_count(get_plain_text(content))
+    if config.get('submission_date'):
+        if type(config['submission_date']) in [datetime.date, datetime.datetime, datetime.time]:
+            submission_date = config['submission_date']
+        else:
+            submission_date = parser.parse(config['submission_date'])
+        context['submission_date'] = submission_date.strftime(DATE_FORMAT)
     return context
diff --git a/md_pdf/config/validate.py b/md_pdf/config/validate.py
index c8dc41e..5eaf687 100644
--- a/md_pdf/config/validate.py
+++ b/md_pdf/config/validate.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ from md_pdf.consts import CSL_DIR
 import glob
 import os
 import logging
-
+from dateutil import parser
+import datetime
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
 
@@ -83,6 +84,18 @@ def validate_wordcount(config):
         raise ConfigValidationException("Show word count key should be either true or false")
 
 
+def validate_submission_date(config):
+    if 'submission_date' not in config:
+        return
+    if type(config['submission_date']) in [datetime.date, datetime.datetime, datetime.time]:
+        return
+    try:
+        parser.parse(config['submission_date'])
+    except ValueError:
+        raise ConfigValidationException("Invalid Submission Date format")
+
+
+
 def validate_config(config):
     logger.debug("Validating Config...")
     for validator in [
@@ -92,7 +105,8 @@ def validate_config(config):
         validate_bibliography,
         validate_context,
         validate_toc,
-        validate_wordcount
+        validate_wordcount,
+        validate_submission_date
     ]:
         validator(config)
     logger.debug("Config Ok!")
diff --git a/md_pdf/consts.py b/md_pdf/consts.py
index a0aadb9..7e3620e 100644
--- a/md_pdf/consts.py
+++ b/md_pdf/consts.py
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(ASSET_DIR, 'static')
 CONFIG_FILE = os.path.join(WORKING_DIR, 'mdp.yml')
 
 CSL_DOWNLOAD_LINK = "https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/archive/master.zip"
+
+DATE_FORMAT = "%d %B %Y"
+TIME_FORMAT = "%H:%M"
+DATETIME_FORMAT = "{} {}".format(DATE_FORMAT, TIME_FORMAT)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6094970..5a59877 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ setup(
         "progressbar2==3.16.0",
         "pypandoc==1.3.3",
         "pyscss==1.3.5",
+        "python-dateutil==2.6.0",
         "PyYAML==3.12",
         "word-count==0.1.0"
     ],
diff --git a/test-files/mdp.yml b/test-files/mdp.yml
index 538845b..bfd54ef 100644
--- a/test-files/mdp.yml
+++ b/test-files/mdp.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ context:
 title: test title
 toc: true
 show_word_count: true
+submission_date: 2017-01-01