Debug publishdate, lastmod and .GitInfo.AuthorDate in example-site

example-site/config.toml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ title = "My Org-exported Hugo Site"
 theme = "bare_min"
 canonifyURLs = true
 enableEmoji = true
+enableGitInfo = true
 
 [[menu.main]]
 name = "labs"

example-site/themes/bare_min/layouts/_default/single.html

@@ -31,9 +31,33 @@
 
 <div class="post">
     <h1 class="post-title">{{ .Title }}</h1>
-    {{ if .Params.date }}
-        Date: {{ .Params.date }}
+    <p>
+        {{ with .Params.date }}
+            Date: {{ . }}
+        {{ end }}
+    </p>
+    <p>
+        {{ if ne (.PublishDate.Format "2006-01-02") "0001-01-01" }}
+            <!-- Print the publishdate only if it is not at its initial value of Jan 1, 0001 -->
+            PublishDate: {{ .PublishDate.Format "2006-01-02" }}
+        {{ end }}
+    </p>
+    <p>
+        {{ if ne (dateFormat "2006-01-02" .Params.LastMod) "0001-01-01" }}
+            <!-- Print the lastmod date only if it is not at its initial value of Jan 1, 0001 -->
+            <!-- Need to use dateFormat instead of .Format for lastmod as it is not a declared variable internally -->
+            LastMod Date: {{ dateFormat "2006-01-02" .Params.LastMod }}
+        {{ end }}
+    </p>
+    {{ if $.GitInfo }}      <!-- To enable this, put "enableGitInfo = true" in your site config.toml -->
+        <p>
+            {{ printf "GitInfo debug:: %#v" $.GitInfo }}
+        </p>
+        <p>
+            LastMod Date using GitInfo: {{ .GitInfo.AuthorDate }}
+        </p>
     {{ end }}
+    </p>
     <p>
         {{ if .Params.categories }}
             Categories: