---
title: hugo.BuildDate
description: Returns the compile date of the Hugo binary.
categories: []
keywords: []
params:
  functions_and_methods:
    aliases: []
    returnType: string
    signatures: [hugo.BuildDate]
---

The `hugo.BuildDate` function returns the compile date of the Hugo binary, formatted per [RFC 3339][].

```go-html-template
{{ hugo.BuildDate }} → 2023-11-01T17:57:00Z
```

[RFC 3339]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3339