The date on a new post is showing up wrong — how can I change it?

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  bwdeckert · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 2:19 am

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  The date on a new post is showing up wrong (older than the actual date) — how can I change it?
  Blog url: http://aslowlifeinthefastlane.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 2:26 am

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  Edit the post and change the datestamp. I know you don’t
  t want to schedule a post but see the images in this doc so you know what to click to change the date > http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/schedule-a-post/

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  bwdeckert · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 2:44 am

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  Thanks … I changed the “Published on” date in the Publish box (several times) — but it’s still showing up wrong.

  (The date is defaulting to the day I launched the blog and published my first posts in August.)

  Other workarounds?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 2:50 am

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  The default timezone is UTC.
  Is the date and timezone correctly set to reflect your own timezone on this page? Settings > General
  Is this a sticky post issue? http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts

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  bwdeckert · Member · Oct 25, 2012 at 4:26 am

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  Turns out I had set up a custom date — it’s fixed now. Thank you!