From aeaed44fcdcf677d9cae31424d4c5ce4c99c8b9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dreytac <dreytac@hobbyhome.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:14:28 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a created and updated date field blueprint and a hook
 that automatically updates the updated date when saving a page.

---
 blueprints/fields/dates.yml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 index.php                   |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 blueprints/fields/dates.yml

diff --git a/blueprints/fields/dates.yml b/blueprints/fields/dates.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb3f871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blueprints/fields/dates.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+type: fields
+
+fields:
+  created:
+    label: Created
+    type: date
+    default: now
+    required: true
+    time:
+      notation: 12
+      step: 1
+  updated:
+    label: Updated
+    type: date
+    default: now
+    required: true
+    time:
+      notation: 12
+      step: 1
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 569c895..1356557 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Kirby::plugin(
 		"blueprints" => [
 			"fields/link-locations" => __DIR__ . "/blueprints/fields/link-locations.yml",
 			"fields/link-location" => __DIR__ . "/blueprints/fields/link-location.yml",
+			"fields/dates" => __DIR__ . "/blueprints/fields/dates.yml",
 		],
 		"snippets" => [
 			"navbar/primary" => __DIR__ . "/snippets/navbar/primary.php",
@@ -114,6 +115,14 @@ Kirby::plugin(
 
 				return $links;
 			},
+			"page.update:after" => function ($newPage, $oldPage) {
+				if ($newPage->updated()->exists()) {
+					# Set the last updated time to now.
+					$newPage->update([
+						"updated" => date("Y-m-d H:i"),
+					]);
+				}
+			},
 		],
 		"siteMethods" => [
 			/**