Open Graph metadata

article:published_time

Records when an article was first published. Use it with og:type set to article.

Code examples

<meta property="article:published_time" content="2026-04-01T12:00:00Z">

A publication time expressed in UTC.

<meta property="article:published_time" content="2026-04-01T08:00:00-04:00">

A publication time with an explicit UTC offset.

<meta property="article:published_time" content="April 1, 2026">

Readable to people, but not the ISO 8601 datetime Open Graph specifies.

<meta property="article:published_time" content="2026-04-01 12:00">

Missing the T separator and timezone.

01
Use ISO 8601 Format
Open Graph expects an ISO 8601 datetime. Include a timezone or UTC marker.
02
Keep the Original Date
Use article:modified_time for later edits. Changing the publication time rewrites the article’s history.

property

Links an article to one or more author profiles. The value is a URL, and you can repeat the property for multiple authors.

<meta property="article:author" content="https://example.com/authors/john-doe">

Points to John Doe’s profile page.

property

Sets the date and time after which an article is out of date. Open Graph defines the value as an ISO 8601 datetime.

<meta property="article:expiration_time" content="2027-12-31T23:59:59Z">

Sets the expiry to a precise UTC instant.

property

Records when an article was last changed. Open Graph defines the value as an ISO 8601 datetime.

<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2026-05-10T14:45:00Z">

A complete UTC timestamp that parsers can read consistently.

property

Records when an article was first published. Use it with og:type set to article.

<meta property="article:published_time" content="2026-04-01T12:00:00Z">

A publication time expressed in UTC.

property

Names the high-level section that contains an article, such as Technology or Culture.

<meta property="article:section" content="Technology">

A clear section name used across a publication.