From 53e4cf04b76c6ddbe260bae5cb8eabc52045d475 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Platten <jack@platten.me>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 17:33:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add json to ignore fix date on `new`

---
 .changeset/README.md              |  8 ++++++++
 .changeset/chubby-suits-hammer.md |  5 +++++
 .changeset/config.json            | 11 +++++++++++
 .gitignore                        |  1 +
 src/commands/new.ts               |  4 ++--
 src/commands/publish.ts           |  5 ++++-
 6 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/README.md
 create mode 100644 .changeset/chubby-suits-hammer.md
 create mode 100644 .changeset/config.json

diff --git a/.changeset/README.md b/.changeset/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..654c6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changesets
+
+Hello and welcome! This folder has been automatically generated by `@changesets/cli`, a build tool that works
+with multi-package repos, or single-package repos to help you version and publish your code. You can
+find the full documentation for it [in our repository](https://github.com/changesets/changesets).
+
+We have a quick list of common questions to get you started engaging with this project in
+[our documentation](https://github.com/changesets/changesets/blob/main/docs/common-questions.md).
diff --git a/.changeset/chubby-suits-hammer.md b/.changeset/chubby-suits-hammer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24acece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chubby-suits-hammer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@plttn/mkd": minor
+---
+
+Use sentinel date when creating post
diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c58ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@changesets/config@3.1.4/schema.json",
+  "changelog": "@changesets/cli/changelog",
+  "commit": false,
+  "fixed": [],
+  "linked": [],
+  "access": "restricted",
+  "baseBranch": "main",
+  "updateInternalDependencies": "patch",
+  "ignore": []
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 621e2ad..8e20e32 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 node_modules
 /test
 tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
+mkd.json
diff --git a/src/commands/new.ts b/src/commands/new.ts
index bd6aadf..842164b 100644
--- a/src/commands/new.ts
+++ b/src/commands/new.ts
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ async function generateFrontmatter(
   config: Config,
 ): Promise<string> {
   const description = await makeDescription(title);
-  const now = new Date();
+  // const now = new Date();
 
   const data = {
     [config.titleKey]: title,
-    [config.publishedAtKey]: now,
+    [config.publishedAtKey]: "3000-01-01T00:00:00Z",
     [config.authorKey]: config.author,
     [config.draftKey]: true,
     [config.descriptionKey]: description,
diff --git a/src/commands/publish.ts b/src/commands/publish.ts
index 3e7d8f2..c7a6561 100644
--- a/src/commands/publish.ts
+++ b/src/commands/publish.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   isCancel,
   intro,
   outro,
+  autocomplete,
 } from "@clack/prompts";
 import matter from "gray-matter";
 import type { Config, Deps } from "../lib/deps";
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ async function getPostsToPublish(
   const options = postsToOptions(drafts, config);
   intro("Publishing posts");
 
-  const selected = await autocompleteMultiselect({
+  const selected = await autocomplete({
     message: "Select posts to publish",
     options,
   });
@@ -57,9 +58,11 @@ async function getPostsToPublish(
 }
 
 async function updateDraftFrontMatter(draft: Post, deps: Deps) {
+  const now = new Date();
   const parsed = matter(draft.content);
   const fm = parsed.data as Record<string, unknown>;
   fm[deps.config.draftKey] = false;
+  fm[deps.config.publishedAtKey] = now;
   const updatedContent = matter.stringify(parsed.content, fm);
   await deps.pfs.write(`${deps.config.blogDir}/${draft.file}`, updatedContent);
   return { ...draft, content: updatedContent };
-- 
2.51.2