diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 288c06fb1..22edb37cd 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -19235,6 +19235,16 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     edited_postid = edited_postid.split('?')[0]
                 print('DEBUG: edited_postid ' + edited_postid)
 
+            # get the published date of an edited post
+            edited_published = None
+            if '?editpub=' in path:
+                edited_published = path.split('?editpub=')[1]
+                if '?' in edited_published:
+                    edited_published = \
+                        edited_published.split('?')[0]
+                print('DEBUG: edited_published ' +
+                      edited_published)
+
             length = int(headers['Content-Length'])
             if length > self.server.max_post_length:
                 print('POST size too large')
@@ -19862,12 +19872,23 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     print('DEBUG: posting DM edited_postid ' +
                           str(edited_postid))
                     if edited_postid:
+                        edited_updated = \
+                            message_json['object']['published']
+                        if edited_published:
+                            message_json['published'] = \
+                                edited_published
+                            message_json['object']['published'] = \
+                                edited_published
                         message_json['id'] = \
                             edited_postid + '/activity'
                         message_json['object']['id'] = \
                             edited_postid
                         message_json['object']['url'] = \
                             edited_postid
+                        message_json['updated'] = \
+                            edited_updated
+                        message_json['object']['updated'] = \
+                            edited_updated
                         message_json['type'] = 'Update'
                         print('DEBUG: sending edited dm post ' +
                               str(message_json))
diff --git a/webapp_create_post.py b/webapp_create_post.py
index 0affde481..033067791 100644
--- a/webapp_create_post.py
+++ b/webapp_create_post.py
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ def html_new_post(edit_post_params: {},
     """
     # get the json if this is an edited post
     edited_post_json = None
+    edited_published = ''
     if edit_post_params:
         if edit_post_params.get('post_url'):
             edited_post_filename = \
@@ -300,6 +301,8 @@ def html_new_post(edit_post_params: {},
             in_reply_to = edit_post_params['replyTo']
         if edit_post_params['scope'] == 'dm':
             mentions = edited_post_json['object']['to']
+        edited_published = \
+            edited_post_json['object']['published']
 
     # default subject line or content warning
     default_subject = ''
@@ -961,7 +964,8 @@ def html_new_post(edit_post_params: {},
             '<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" ' + \
             'accept-charset="UTF-8" action="' + \
             path + '?' + endpoint + '?page=' + str(page_number) + \
-            '?editid=' + edit_post_params['post_url'] + '">\n'
+            '?editid=' + edit_post_params['post_url'] + \
+            '?editpub=' + edited_published + '">\n'
     else:
         new_post_form += \
             '<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" ' + \