diff --git a/website/blog/migrations/0003_blogpostpage_date.py b/website/blog/migrations/0003_blogpostpage_date.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0308d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/blog/migrations/0003_blogpostpage_date.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.0.5 on 2022-06-19 19:57
+
+import django.utils.timezone
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("blog", "0002_blogposttag_taggedblog_blogpostpage_tags"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="blogpostpage",
+            name="date",
+            field=models.DateField(default=django.utils.timezone.now),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/website/blog/models.py b/website/blog/models.py
index 96fe202..1be8a3c 100644
--- a/website/blog/models.py
+++ b/website/blog/models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.http.request import HttpRequest
+from django.utils import timezone
 from modelcluster.contrib.taggit import ClusterTaggableManager
 from modelcluster.fields import ParentalKey
 from taggit.models import ItemBase, TagBase
@@ -47,7 +48,10 @@ class BlogPostPage(BaseContentMixin, BasePage):  # type: ignore[misc]
     parent_page_types = [BlogListPage]
 
     tags = ClusterTaggableManager(through=TaggedBlog, blank=True)
+    date = models.DateField(default=timezone.now)
 
     content_panels = (
-        BasePage.content_panels + BaseContentMixin.content_panels + [FieldPanel("tags")]
+        BasePage.content_panels
+        + BaseContentMixin.content_panels
+        + [FieldPanel("date"), FieldPanel("tags")]
     )
diff --git a/website/common/templates/common/hero.html b/website/common/templates/common/hero.html
index c9af2d1..a69bbba 100644
--- a/website/common/templates/common/hero.html
+++ b/website/common/templates/common/hero.html
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
             <h2 class="subtitle">{{ page.subtitle }}</h2>
           {% endif %}
           <h3 class="is-size-6 content-details">
-            <span title="2022-04-15"><i class="far fa-calendar-alt"></i>2022-04-15</span>
+            {% if page.date %}
+              <span title="{{ page.date }}"><i class="far fa-calendar-alt"></i>{{ page.date|date:"Y-m-d" }}</span>
+            {% endif %}
             <span><i class="far fa-clock"></i>4 minutes</span>
             {% if page.tags.all %}
               <span class="is-family-code"><i class="fas fa-tags"></i>{% for tag in page.tags.all %}<a title="{{ tag.name }}">#{{ tag.slug }}</a>{% endfor %}</span>