Sharepoint News post display incorrect Created Date from the site page.

Question

Hi I have successfully copied the news post from one site to another. In the targeted site, Site page library created date is also transferred successfully using the "Send an HTTP request to SharePoint" . Now the created date is same as sources and target site.

I also have issue with displaying webpart correctly and I get help from the following
Q & A.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1862121/news-post-page-does-not-appear-after-it-copied-fro

I configured my New webpart with "This Site" setting. The issue is, news post created date saying January 1, 1 even if the backend created date from the Site pages library is March 2023. Do not understand , when Site page library has correct date but when same post display on the News post the date convert to January 1.

for your reference, the screenshot below is from News webpart.

This screenshot is from Site Pages Library

Thank you so much for your response in advance.

Cheers

Answer 1

Hi @kem104,

Thank you for posting in this community.

First of all, date in News web part is not the date when your news was created, but the time when your news was first published. As in the screenshot you shared with me in the previous question, the option is to show when it was first published.

Your case is by chance, because I tested and the first published date of the copied page should be the same. The first published date is an internal property of the page, so I got the first publish date for both news via PowerShell. You can see that in the 24Jun and 24AugCom, the first published date is same.

While I haven't been able to reproduce your problem, here are some things we can do to narrow down the cause of the problem.

1.Check the first published date of the news:

Start by installing the PnP module for SharePoint Online, and then run the following PowerShell command to see if there is an issue with first published date of the news.

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#Connect to the site,please replace your site	
Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename" -Interactive
# Get the page,please replace your page
$pageUrl = "/sites/sitename/SitePages/pagename.aspx"
$page = Get-PnPFile -Url $pageUrl -AsListItem
# Get the first published date
$firstPublishedDate = $page["FirstPublishedDate"]
Write-Output "First Published Date: $firstPublishedDate"

If there is a problem with the date, you can make the following command to modify the date.

Connect-PnPOnline "https://tenant.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename" -Interactive
# Set your new publish date
$publishDate = '07/12/2014 00:00:00'
# Set the ID of the news item to update
#you can get edit site pages library's view and get the id from ID column
$newsItemId = 15
Set-PnPListItem -List 'SitePages' -Identity $newsItemId -Values @{'FirstPublishedDate' = $publishDate } -UpdateType SystemUpdate

2.Recreate the News Web part and see if the issue persists.

3.Try to use a different browser or your browser's InPrivate mode to see if the news occurs.

4.Check if the same issue occurs with other SharePoint sites.

5.Are other users facing the same problem? View through another computer or account.

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Answer 2

The modified date on the SharePoint site contents page may not accurately reflect the date of the last change made by users to objects such as lists, libraries, and sites. This is because the modified date on the site contents page reflects the value stored in the ItemLastModifiedDate property of the object, which may also be updated by system events. However, the modified date on the site contents page has been modified in SharePoint 2019 and SharePoint Online by introducing a new attribute (LastItemUserModifiedDate) to track changes that are the result of user events. Items on the site contents page now reflect the value of this property.

It is possible that the News web part is displaying the incorrect created date for news posts because it is using the ItemLastModifiedDate property instead of the LastItemUserModifiedDate property. You may want to check if the News web part is using the correct property to display the created date.

Additionally, it is worth noting that the News web part provides controls to choose the News Source and Layout, and to Organize and Filter the content. Under Layout, there are five options to adjust how news items are presented. You may want to check if the News web part is configured correctly to display the created date.

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References:

• Modified dates on the SharePoint site contents page are not accurate
• Guided walkthrough: Create a giving site for your organization - Spread the news with the News web part