diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d477afe..28c245f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ Every post can have various parameters in the frontmatter, here are some that yo
 - `tags`: a list of tags for your post
 - `image`: a link to a feature image for the article, shown in the preview as well
 - `comments`: boolean, if true it enables comments for the current post, if false it disables them (default is true)
+- `showDate`: boolean, true by default, if false hides the date. Useful for non-article pages where the date isn't important
 
 # Does *Ficurinia* mean anything?
 
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 8cb6586..c6bc4b0 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
     {{- partial "inject/content-before.html" . -}}
     <article class="card {{ if .Site.Params.discreteCards }}discrete{{ end }} single">
         <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
-        <p class="date">
-            <span title="Date"> </span>
-            {{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}
-        </p>
+        {{ if (.Params.showDate | default true) }}
+            <p class="date">
+                <span title="Date"> </span>
+                {{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}
+            </p>
+        {{ end }}
         {{ if .Params.Image }}
         <img src="{{ .Params.Image }}" alt="" />
         {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/article_card.html b/layouts/partials/article_card.html
index 637a759..6834193 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/article_card.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/article_card.html
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
             <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .Title }}</a>
         </h2>
         <p class="date">
-        <span title="Date"> </span>
-        {{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}
-        {{ if and (site.Params.tagsInArticlePreview | default true) .Params.tags }}
-            | <!-- Pipe character as visual separator between date and tags-->
-            <span title="Tags"> </span>
-            {{ range sort .Params.tags }}
-                <a href="/tags/{{ . | urlize }}">#{{ . }}</a>
+            <span title="Date"> </span>
+            {{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02" }}
+            {{ if and (site.Params.tagsInArticlePreview | default true) .Params.tags }}
+                | <!-- Pipe character as visual separator between date and tags-->
+                <span title="Tags"> </span>
+                {{ range sort .Params.tags }}
+                    <a href="/tags/{{ . | urlize }}">#{{ . }}</a>
+                {{ end }}
             {{ end }}
-        {{ end }}
         </p>
         {{ if .Site.Params.imageInArticlePreview }}
             {{ if .Params.Image }}