<article class="post-item">
    <h4 class="post-item-title">
        <a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a>
    </h4>
    {{/* format date string to create an ISO 8601 string */}}
    {{ $ISO_date := "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z0700" }}
    {{ $configDateFormat := .Site.Params.dateFormat | default "2 Jan 2006" }}
    <time class="post-item-meta" datetime="{{ dateFormat $ISO_date .Date }}">
        {{ time.Format $configDateFormat .Date }}
        {{/* OLD FORMAT: .Date.Format $configDateFormat */}}
    </time>
</article>
