'Display Date' is an important attribute that lets your website visitors know the relevant date of a particular file. 'Display Date' does not necessarily have to be the date that the file was created or published (i.e. it is not the 'Publish Date').

EXAMPLES:

You are uploading a batch of images that you took over a year ago, you wish for your visitors to see the date that the photo was taken. You can apply a Display Date so that the images within widgets can now be sorted by the Display Date and not by the date that they were uploaded to the website.

WIDGET SORTING:

Display Date is used as a key sorting feature in your widgets. Display Date can be used to display files in chronological order. You will see the following sorting options within widgets:

Display Date: Displays files with the oldest display date at the top of the list. This is often used to sort Images or Documents that have a display date set in the Files settings.

Display Date Latest: Displays files with the latest display date at the top of the list. This is often used to sort Images or Documents, that have a display date set in theFiles settings.