diff --git a/lib/site_template/_layouts/post.html b/lib/site_template/_layouts/post.html
index ed4a98b1..5a072b3e 100644
--- a/lib/site_template/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/lib/site_template/_layouts/post.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ layout: default
 
   <header class="post-header">
     <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title }}</h1>
-    <p class="post-meta"><time datetime="{{ page.date | %Y-%m-%d }}" itemprop="datePublished">{{ page.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</time>{% if page.author %} • <span itemprop="author name" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">{{ page.author }}</span>{% endif %}{% if page.meta %} • {{ page.meta }}{% endif %}</p>
+    <p class="post-meta"><time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" itemprop="datePublished">{{ page.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</time>{% if page.author %} • <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">{{ page.author }}</span></span>{% endif %}{% if page.meta %} • {{ page.meta }}{% endif %}</p>
   </header>
 
   <article class="post-content" itemprop="articleBody">