Incorrect Article Dates

Users frequently comment on discrepancies in displayed publication dates for Hacker News articles, such as dates appearing in the future, past, or mismatched with reality due to potential timezone, caching, or display issues.

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Sample Comments

yardshop Mar 30, 2022 View on HN

I'm seeing the same thing, showing March 29. My current time is 2022-03-30 08:14:53 EDT.

jefftk Apr 20, 2023 View on HN

I wonder why this is dated a month from now?

k-mcgrady Feb 19, 2016 View on HN

It's showing correct (Feb 19th) for me.

bemmu Oct 26, 2010 View on HN

Not sure, what date were you thinking about?

voydik Aug 13, 2022 View on HN

Looks like this was from March 2021

SpaceNoodled Jan 1, 2024 View on HN

Yeah, I thought that this was from Feb 2024 at first.

pornel Aug 2, 2011 View on HN

You're late. It was in February ;P

FartyMcFarter Jan 1, 2021 View on HN

Didn't this happen 31st of January 2020 ? That's what wikipedia says.

devicenull Apr 1, 2011 View on HN

I'm pretty sure the date has something to do with this announcement ;)

TheRealDunkirk Jun 22, 2023 View on HN

How about since July 9th, 2019?