diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index 7b2d7b8921..2998400e1d 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <item>
       <title>{{ partial "pageHelper/title.hugo" (dict "page" . "format" $format "outputFormat" $outputFormat) }}</title>
       <link>{{ partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" . "abs" true) }}</link>
-      <pubDate>{{ .PublishDate.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
+      <pubDate>{{ (or .PublishDate .Date).Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
       {{- with $authorEmail }}<author>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</author>{{ end }}
       <guid>{{ partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" . "abs" true) }}</guid>
       <description>{{ or .Description .Summary | plainify | htmlUnescape | chomp | transform.XMLEscape | safeHTML }}</description>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/opengraph.html b/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
index 20ff74e361..f6d6ed777f 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/opengraph.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <meta property="article:section" content="{{ partial "pageHelper/title.hugo" (dict "page" . "format" $format "outputFormat" $outputFormat) | plainify }}">
   {{- end }}
   {{- $iso8601 := "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" }}
-  {{- with .PublishDate }}
+  {{- with or .PublishDate .Date }}
     <meta property="article:published_time" {{ .Format $iso8601 | printf "content=%q" | safeHTMLAttr }}>
   {{- end }}
   {{- with .Lastmod }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/schema.html b/layouts/partials/schema.html
index 9bbca1fe10..79db6ffa13 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/schema.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/schema.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 {{- end }}
 
 {{- $ISO8601 := "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" }}
-{{- with .PublishDate }}
+{{- with or .PublishDate .Date }}
     <meta itemprop="datePublished" {{ .Format $ISO8601 | printf "content=%q" | safeHTMLAttr }}>
 {{- end }}