diff --git a/stsg/build.py b/stsg/build.py
index fe1cd4b..263f552 100644
--- a/stsg/build.py
+++ b/stsg/build.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class ArticleTranslation:
             "article_overview_url": self.article_overview.url,
             "article_slug": self.article_overview.slug,
             "article_title": self.title,
+            "article_datetime": self.article_overview.article_written.strftime(config.formatting.datetime_format),
             "article_language_name": self.language_name,
             "article_language_code": self.language_code,
             "article_language_flag": self.language_flag,
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ class ArticleTranslation:
 
 
 class ArticleOverview:
-    def __init__(self, directory: Path, location_in_tree: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+    def __init__(self, directory: Path, location_in_tree: Optional[List[str]] = None, is_root: bool = False):
         self.directory = directory
 
         article_config = {}
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ class ArticleOverview:
             "article_url": self.url,
             "article_title": self.slug,
             "article_slug": self.slug,
+            "article_datetime": self.article_written.strftime(config.formatting.datetime_format),
             "article_overview_url": self.url,
             "article_overview_cards": self.overview_cards,
         }
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ def build():
     shutil.copytree(Path(config.setup.source_directory, "static"), Path(config.setup.dist_directory, "static"), dirs_exist_ok=True)
 
     logger.info("reading page tree...")
-    tree = ArticleOverview(directory=Path(config.setup.source_directory, "articles"))
+    tree = ArticleOverview(directory=Path(config.setup.source_directory, "articles"), is_root=True)
 
     # build article reverence values
     for article_overview in ARTICLE_LAKE.values():