diff --git a/generators/index.py b/generators/index.py
index bae8c30..a6f78dd 100644
--- a/generators/index.py
+++ b/generators/index.py
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ class Index(DynastieGenerator):
 
         self.hooks = {'posts' : self.createPosts,
                       'title' : self.createTitle,
+                      'date'  : self.createDate,
                       'navigation' : self.createNavigation,
-                      'recents' : self.createRecents,
+                      'recents'    : self.createRecents,
                       'tags' : self.createTags,
-                      'replace' : self.createReplace}
+                      'replace'    : self.createReplace}
 
         self.first_try = True
 
@@ -106,6 +107,16 @@ class Index(DynastieGenerator):
 
         root.replaceChild(node, title_elem)
 
+    def createDate(self, posts, dom, root, date_elem):
+        date_format = date_elem.getAttribute('format')
+        if date_format == '':
+            date_format = '%A, %d %B %Y %H:%m'
+
+        post = self.cur_post_obj
+        node = self.createElement(dom, 'date', post.creation_date.strftime(date_format))
+
+        root.replaceChild(node, date_elem)
+
     def createPost(self, posts, dom, post_elem, root):
         post = self.cur_post_obj
 
@@ -115,7 +126,6 @@ class Index(DynastieGenerator):
 
         values = {}
         values['author'] = post.author.first_name + ' ' + post.author.last_name
-        values['date'] = post.creation_date.strftime('%A, %d %B %Y %H:%m')
         values['post_content'] = ''
 
         blog = post.blog